good for you, but wait - he walked 6km? why didn't he try to hitchhike? Especially next to stopped vehicle - a lot of fellow drivers would stop to ask if you need any help.
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That particular road doesn't have many vehicles on it, maybe one very 5 minutes that time of day, and in my country most people won't pick up hitch-hikers. Not because of it being dangerous, people just tend to mind their own business and ignore others.
A few years ago I picked up a guy who was hitch-hiking after he missed the bus a rainy day (the bus goes once every 2 hours), and he had been standing there for over 20 minutes. Another road, more vehicles on it, but only people who doesn't care about someone else having a bad day...
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well, in my country attitude to hitchhikers is somewhat similar - when I was younger and often hitchhiking I sometimes spent 1-2h waiting for a ride on busy roads, but in general this attitude goes mainly for ppl standing at dorders of the city, drivers think "heh, bastartd is looking for a free ride, while I have to pay for my gasoline, screw him". If a driver stands in out-of-nowhere next to his broken vehicle (or out-of-gas vehicle) usually someone wil stop in a matter of minutes.
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Here people make on average ~€25000/month, so giving someone a ride with fuel costing a few € that you were going to spend any way shouldn't matter much. I on the other hand have worked without a salary the last 2 years (starting my own business, trying to build it up and there's no room for salary expenses), I made €2000 in 2013 that I'm still living from... but for me I still don't care about the small amount of money it costed me to drive the guy around. It wasn't even the same direction I was going, but you shouldn't have to think about such small amounts of money when it comes to helping other people, that's my opinion.
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well, you have much higher salaries than Poles ;) Here people earn 600-700€/month on average and 1l of gasoline cost ~1.25€. So one full tank = 1/8th of your monthly salary ;p
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Income disparity really sucks, especially when it comes to things that are about as expensive all over the world, say computer parts. Other things tend to even out, one month rent in Stockholm can be €1500, an inexpensive meal about €10 and a beer €5-8.
That's the worst part with not making any money in a high cost country...
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Jesus........ the different in salary between first and third rate country is crazy
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I agree... and in Switzerland they make about twice as much in Sweden. I've made €2000 in little over 2 years, so that's less than €100/month in a country where the average is €2500/month - third rate income with first rate costs :(
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ohh, just noticed that you're from Sweden, that may explain a lot :D: I lived in Sweden for a few months and yeah - there are a lot of roads that are almost empty most of the time :>
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Hehe, thanks for being helpful to that guy! You earned my respect (and a spot in my whitelist) :P
A bit off topic, but I'd like to see Sweden. I've been to Finland 3 times but sadly 0 times in Sweden. I'll visit it one day though :P
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Just glad to help! Thanks for the whitelist spot :)
Sweden is often nice in the summers, the nature and the cities are quite similar to Finland, and even if I would say that Swedes and Finns are quite different, seen from a non Scandinavian point of view, we probably seem to be slightly similar :) So, have you been in Finland Sweden won't seem vastly different, but still a nice place to visit depending on what you like. I don't like snow and cold, but people who do love the winters in northern Sweden. Good for skiing and stuff.
Hope you'll get the opportunity to go!
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Hehe. I'm from Estonia so I know the struggle with snow. I'd like to visit the northern part of Sweden and then go to Norway.
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I've worked in Sweden for a month or so and I noticed they have a lot of rocks and trees. It's a beautiful country.
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just for the love of god don't visit Sweden in Winter (especially locations that are mid-land, aka far away from the sea) ;p Spend ~7 months in Sweden including winter and winter was just horrible... -3X Celcius in night was a norm, very short daylight, city was basically closing everything (including shops, restaurants, pubs etc) at 6-7 PM, after that all you could do is to stay indoors... Horror ;p
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Hehe. Winters here are like -20 Celsius so I don't think that -30 is a lot worse (Sometimes it's -30 here and I've been outside then). But the city closing part is pretty bad. In Estonia most stuff closes at 10/11 PM or so.
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Winters are quite often -20C in Poland as well and trust me - there's a big difference between -20C and -38C with heavy wind in the middle of the night ;p And these low temperatures are the reason that everything in mid-land cities is closing so early - because it would be dangerous for people spending too much time outside in these conditions.
On the other hand close to the sea, for example in Stockholm, it was very nice even mid-winter.
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Good one, karma will find you and return the favor someday.
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Been to Sweden many times, and it is a good thing to help people. Once picked up 2 hikers who underestimated the distance and the time needed for that distance. I picked them up at night and brought them to the nearest city.
You know, if more people where like you the world would be much nicer.
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In my society people who do kind acts do not rant about them publicly ...
they just do the good (simply cause that's what human beings do) w/o waiting someone to say them "well done" or "thank you" ...
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Sorry for the "rant" then.
Thanks for blacklisting me :)
You don't need to reply to this. You can have a permanent spot on my blacklist as well now, we can enjoy the mutual blacklist.
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don't mind him. His definition of being "nice" is to promote hate speech on forums towards people he don't agree with ;)
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it is a rant/brag
as for the blacklisting, no problem :)
you were already there so i guess my choice was correct :)
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I have a story of me doing a good deed basically on reflex.
It was after a day of work where I was shopping when I noticed some money on the ground, it turns out it was a 100 dollar bill and my first throught was to see who it belonged to and as I could find no one nearby, I took it to the service desk where someone did pick it up.
It really surprised me as I often tell myself in how jaded I am thatI'd pocket it.... but nope I'm prone to being (stupid) good.
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The world needs more kind people like you. Nowadays most people unfortunately are just egotistical assholes. Well, at least that's what I experienced.
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I was pumping fuel in my car onece when the guy on the other side said his card was being declined and he needed just a little fuel to get home. I rarely carry cash, but I happened to have a $10 bill in my wallet, so I gave it to him. He put it in his pocket, got in his truck and drove off, without buying fuel. :/
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Last night I gave a bundle game to someone from Greece.
EDIT
Actually it was around 00:30 so technically it still counts for a good deed of the day.
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good guy xarabas, with their current economy few cents game is like few dolars worth!
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Very nice of you. hadn't done anything like that lately. too busy at work, head at the computer all the time...
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When I was filling up my car at the fuel station the other day a guy comes over and asks me if I have any empty bottle he can have. I don't and ask why he needs one, and he explains that he has run out of gas about 6 km (4 miles) from there. I see the disappointment in his eyes since he probably would have to walk another 2 km to get to the nearest store (the fuel station doesn't have any), and then all the way back. I might add that it's a very warm day, almost +30°C
So, instead of saying "well, good luck with that, lol" I offer to help him. We went by my neighbour to borrow a fuel canister, went back to the fuel station, filled it up, went back to where he was stranded so he could refuel and get on with his day. Then I went back to my neighbour, returned the fuel canister and continued the trip as I originally planned. The guy was already late for an appointment, so it probably helped a lot that I could give him a ride since it only took about 25 minutes to sort everything instead of 2+ hours if he had to walk all the way.
This was a very small act of kindness that mattered much for that person. I hope that this in some way inspires at least one person to help someone else.
But, since we're on Steamgifts, what better thing to do than have a giveaway for you as well? Maybe the main reason for this thread? :D Level 3+
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/A6Pv6/
Edit: Thanks for all the comments! I hope you all do something nice for someone else soon.
Let's end with a picture of him refuelling. All's well that ends well.
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