Good thread.I love helping random people whenever possible, I dont have much but do what I can.I remember a few years back I would always see a homeless fellow digging around a dumpster in behind the store I frequent, one day I had a feeling like I should help him so I gathered the 60 or so dollars in change I had collecting in my center console and handed it to him in an empty coffee mug.Man that guy was thankful, whether it was spent on drugs, food, clothes I dont really care, it made me feel great and I know it made his day.
I have done quite a bit of things like this but have not for a while as I have lost a good bit of fath in humanity in the last year...I had a very good friend fall on some hard times and when he asked for a place to stay I did not hesitate emptying a spare room and moving him in.Four months later him and half my shit is gone while I was out of town, turns out he had quite the drug problem and it destroyed who he once was.I wish he would have asked me to help him get clean instead of doing what he did.
The next and final thing that ruined my views on people, was quite recently I was looking to sell a little 10 foot jon boat and use that toward a 12 footer.I had a younger guy and his girlfriend come by to check it out.He said it was perfect for the small lakes he fishes but would like to see it on the water to makesure everything was OK and if it was stable enough.I stated that I was going out of town in a day and do not have the time right now so we would have to go to a local lake once I return.He stated that they are moving in one week so would have to back out from the purchase if we could not figure something out.I feel foolish for admitting this but I agreed to let them take the boat and try it out at the local lake.I am pretty easy going and said to just return it along side the house the next day as I would not be home....Im sure you can guess that I got home and the boat was not there, his phone is also not in service.I did not call the police as that is not my style, I prefer to stay off that radar.Karma will get em.
d anyone to call me a moron, I am fully aware I pretty much asked for this but in my defense they really did seem like nice people.It really is a shame things like this have to happen to people trying to do good!
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