Unhelpful people.

[screenman]

So tonight I decide not to go for a swim training with the tri club after work after work, which has only happened twice on a Wednesday in the last year or so. So straight home it was on a route I would never normally be on on a Wednesday, when 5 miles from home I come across a chap pushing a fully loaded bike, so as you would I stopped and asked if I could help, two snapped spokes on the drive side meant a wheel that was not the shape it should be.

Tried to pull and push and tweek the spokes brought very little difference, so I asked the guy where he was heading, Lincoln says he, that is 15 miles away says I. Now knowing I am 5 miles from home in a single seater Passat estate ( due to the amount of tools I carry) I suggested he stopped and rested whilst I shot back unloaded and came back for him, he seemed grateful for this.

Phoned the wife and told her what I was doing, back home unloaded, she had a flask, sandwiches, crisps, etc. ready for met to take back to the cyclist. Back to where I left him and loaded bike into the car and took him to Lincoln station for him to get a train back to Uxbridge, and man was he pleased with the grub and tea and of course the lift.

So why after him pushing his bike fully loaded with a large rucksack on his back for over 6 miles, say 2 hours+ was I the first person to stop and offer any assistance, damn the selfish people who drove or rode straight past without offering help.

My rewards, a fantastic warm glow inside of knowing I could help somebody that needed just that.

Why did I not go swimming? who knows, maybe it was my cyclist mate whose funeral was yesterday sent me that way.

So please and I am sure you all will, if you see somebody that may need help, offer. Do not be like the thousands who drove past this guy today.

 

[ufkacbln]

I got into trouble a few years ago..
Discovered a couple of cyclists who were lost and looking for a campsite


As it was a lovely evening I offered to guide them through the cycle routes to the site and everything went well

They then offered to buy me a pint to say thanks....

As it was on my wife's route home I phoned her to tell her where I was........

She then joined us, and was not overly impressed to find me in the pub with two very charming German girls in their early 20s

I am not sure she wholly accepted my explanation that gender, looks and charm had nothing to do with it, I would have done the same for any cyclists!

 

[Sara_H]

So tonight I decide not to go for a swim training with the tri club after work after work, which has only happened twice on a Wednesday in the last year or so. So straight home it was on a route I would never normally be on on a Wednesday, when 5 miles from home I come across a chap pushing a fully loaded bike, so as you would I stopped and asked if I could help, two snapped spokes on the drive side meant a wheel that was not the shape it should be.

Tried to pull and push and tweek the spokes brought very little difference, so I asked the guy where he was heading, Lincoln says he, that is 15 miles away says I. Now knowing I am 5 miles from home in a single seater Passat estate ( due to the amount of tools I carry) I suggested he stopped and rested whilst I shot back unloaded and came back for him, he seemed grateful for this.

Phoned the wife and told her what I was doing, back home unloaded, she had a flask, sandwiches, crisps, etc. ready for met to take back to the cyclist. Back to where I left him and loaded bike into the car and took him to Lincoln station for him to get a train back to Uxbridge, and man was he pleased with the grub and tea and of course the lift.

So why after him pushing his bike fully loaded with a large rucksack on his back for over 6 miles, say 2 hours+ was I the first person to stop and offer any assistance, damn the selfish people who drove or rode straight past without offering help.

My rewards, a fantastic warm glow inside of knowing I could help somebody that needed just that.

Why did I not go swimming? who knows, maybe it was my cyclist mate whose funeral was yesterday sent me that way.

So please and I am sure you all will, if you see somebody that may need help, offer. Do not be like the thousands who drove past this guy today.

Good for you, warms the cockles to hear of such a selfless act.

 

[Globalti]

Two good stories!

Mrs Gti and I once stopped for a roadie who was pushing a broken bike. He accepted a lift and sat in the back in a bad temper. When we reached his house the reason for his gloom became clear - his wife was standing on the doorstep, arms folded, foot tapping impatiently, demanding loudly: "Okay.... so what's he done THIS time?"

I couldn't quite see but wouldn't have been surprised if Mrs Andy Capp had had a rolling pin hidden under her apron.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I help people all the time but that' s just me..and i have a big van

 

[Bollo]

Should have taken him to Newark you selfish barsteward.

 

[screenman]

Should have taken him to Newark you selfish barsteward.

I never thought of that, I certainly should have done so. I will take that as a lesson learned.

 

[Lullabelle]

When we go out walking I always take tissues and wipes, last week we came across a smartly dressed guy-mid 20's at a guess- his chain had come off his bike, TVC was ready to offer to help but by the time we had got to him he had it sorted, his hands were covered in oil so I gave him some wet wipes to clean his hands. People in front of us had walked past him and didn't even acknowledge him, I couldn't do that, ok a few wipes are no big thing but he had no other way of cleaning his hands so I feel as though I had helped even though it was only in a small way.

 

[screenman]

Screenman, you are a decent bloke and a credit to the human race. Your expectation that others are equally decent is also to your credit.

That is not the words normally used to describe me, but I will accept them with gratitude. Thank you.

 

[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Well done that chap.

 

[Silver Fox]

Well done, your kindness to a stranger is commendable.

However, being the Good Samaritan can be dangerous especially if the person you are helping has criminal intent, something which won't be discovered until it's too late. I'm not surprised people didn't stop to offer assistance.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

@screenman +1 to @User
Thw world needs more decent selfless people like you & Mrs S, the butties and tea are a lovely touch too.

 

[blazed]

Why didn't the bloke just call someone for a lift, or if he had nobody to ring then a taxi instead of push his bike for 2 hours?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Why didn't the bloke just call someone for a lift, or if he had nobody to ring then a taxi instead of push his bike for 2 hours?

Not everybody is organized like us
Last year I rescued a touring cyclist with a trailer full of stuff, he had a slow puncture, it was an isolated part of a popular cycling route late evening, so nobody about. He had no water left, no cash, his mobile was flat, his accommodation for the night in the next village, his wife in England.
He was trying to reach the next village using the path, which I knew was long winded, unlit, unsuitable for the trailer, blocked off for works further along.
So while he fixed his puncture I cycled to get him water and a snack, got back to him, let him use my mobile to phone his wife, showed him the much quicker on road way to his destination.
I know he got there because I got a text from his wife later.
@screenman you're a gem, so is your wife for thinking of the cyclist's stomach!

 

[screenman]

Why didn't the bloke just call someone for a lift, or if he had nobody to ring then a taxi instead of push his bike for 2 hours?

He was 150 miles from home, I doubt he had a phone and a taxi in this part of Lincolnshire, we normally book them a week in advance. Also he might not have had the £40+ needed for the 20 mile trip.

The post is more about other people's lack of compassion. Along with how much pleasure you can get by helping others in need.