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MAIL CALL!
I'm hot, sweaty, irritated with my family and a little weary. So
rather than go out and wash my car, and since I needed to fill up on gas for my trip anyway, I drove it down to the gas station. Got a deluxe drive-thru car-wash along with a fill-up. No biggie. There's a homeless guy who panhandles by this gas station. I've seen him many times before. I don't carry cash around with me and at any rate wouldn't hand someone cash to begin with. He's never approached me before but he did today. He said to me, "Ma'am, I have 15 cents in my pocket. Any little change you could spare would be appreciated." Here's the litmus test for someone who truly wants help rather than go blow their money on Mad Dog 20-20. Offer to buy them a sandwich. If they only want cash, guess what? They probably have more money than I do. I said I didn't have any cash but I could use my credit card to buy him a burger. There was a Wendy's next door and he was exceedingly grateful. He said, "I've seen that picture of the bacon mushroom melt thing, could I have one of those?" Sure you can. Do you want fries? "Oh, no, ma'am. Just the sandwich. And some ice water. Water doesn't cost anything extra." How pitiful is that?! Damn, I went in there and ordered his sandwich and his ice water - cost me all of $4.29 including tax. It was everything I could do - and I probably should have - to not order two burgers, an extra large order of fries, a salad and maybe a bowl of chili. But he seemed to be a rather proud sort and I didn't figure he'd take kindly to my going the extra mile. Sounds stupid, I know, but I didn't want to offend him. He happily sat down on the grass median next to the Wendy's parking lot as I drove off, preparing to eat his dinner. Jill |
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MAIL CALL!
SuperSugarCrisp wrote:
I'm hot, sweaty, irritated with my family and a little weary. So rather than go out and wash my car, and since I needed to fill up on gas for my trip anyway, I drove it down to the gas station. Got a deluxe drive-thru car-wash along with a fill-up. No biggie. There's a homeless guy who panhandles by this gas station. I've seen him many times before. I don't carry cash around with me and at any rate wouldn't hand someone cash to begin with. He's never approached me before but he did today. He said to me, "Ma'am, I have 15 cents in my pocket. Any little change you could spare would be appreciated." Here's the litmus test for someone who truly wants help rather than go blow their money on Mad Dog 20-20. Offer to buy them a sandwich. If they only want cash, guess what? They probably have more money than I do. I said I didn't have any cash but I could use my credit card to buy him a burger. There was a Wendy's next door and he was exceedingly grateful. He said, "I've seen that picture of the bacon mushroom melt thing, could I have one of those?" Sure you can. Do you want fries? "Oh, no, ma'am. Just the sandwich. And some ice water. Water doesn't cost anything extra." How pitiful is that?! Damn, I went in there and ordered his sandwich and his ice water - cost me all of $4.29 including tax. It was everything I could do - and I probably should have - to not order two burgers, an extra large order of fries, a salad and maybe a bowl of chili. But he seemed to be a rather proud sort and I didn't figure he'd take kindly to my going the extra mile. Sounds stupid, I know, but I didn't want to offend him. He happily sat down on the grass median next to the Wendy's parking lot as I drove off, preparing to eat his dinner. Jill Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Jill |
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MAIL CALL!
jmcquown wrote: Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Jill language jill language if you're going to use explicatives you should include warning the header |
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MAIL CALL!
"jmcquown" wrote Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Language! tsk tsk FTR, I thought that really was you. I recall a post you made that was damned near identical. |
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MAIL CALL! - Rated PG - 17
cybercat wrote: "jmcquown" wrote Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Language! tsk tsk FTR, I thought that really was you. I recall a post you made that was damned near identical. she did, it is identical. i think it was called my OT Good Deed for the Day...it plucked my nerves back then...and she didn't even buy the ****ing fries! |
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MAIL CALL! - Rated PG - 17
cybercat wrote: "jmcquown" wrote Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Language! tsk tsk FTR, I thought that really was you. I recall a post you made that was damned near identical. she did, it is identical. i think it was called my OT Good Deed for the Day...it plucked my nerves back then...and she didn't even buy the ****ing fries! |
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MAIL CALL!
jmcquown wrote: SuperSugarCrisp wrote: I'm hot, sweaty, irritated with my family and a little weary. So rather than go out and wash my car, and since I needed to fill up on gas for my trip anyway, I drove it down to the gas station. Got a deluxe drive-thru car-wash along with a fill-up. No biggie. There's a homeless guy who panhandles by this gas station. I've seen him many times before. I don't carry cash around with me and at any rate wouldn't hand someone cash to begin with. He's never approached me before but he did today. He said to me, "Ma'am, I have 15 cents in my pocket. Any little change you could spare would be appreciated." Here's the litmus test for someone who truly wants help rather than go blow their money on Mad Dog 20-20. Offer to buy them a sandwich. If they only want cash, guess what? They probably have more money than I do. I said I didn't have any cash but I could use my credit card to buy him a burger. There was a Wendy's next door and he was exceedingly grateful. He said, "I've seen that picture of the bacon mushroom melt thing, could I have one of those?" Sure you can. Do you want fries? "Oh, no, ma'am. Just the sandwich. And some ice water. Water doesn't cost anything extra." How pitiful is that?! Damn, I went in there and ordered his sandwich and his ice water - cost me all of $4.29 including tax. It was everything I could do - and I probably should have - to not order two burgers, an extra large order of fries, a salad and maybe a bowl of chili. But he seemed to be a rather proud sort and I didn't figure he'd take kindly to my going the extra mile. Sounds stupid, I know, but I didn't want to offend him. He happily sat down on the grass median next to the Wendy's parking lot as I drove off, preparing to eat his dinner. Jill Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Jill, did you actually read the post, or simply react to the rather lame screen-name? It may be off-topic, and it may be a troll, but certainly not anything objectionable. |
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MAIL CALL! - Rated PG - 17 - Jill Cussed!
im not talking to you but
Jill saw I'm hot, sweaty... and thought it was a troll! it was her own post that's too darn funny she cussed a dirty word too! ha! EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: jmcquown wrote: SuperSugarCrisp wrote: I'm hot, sweaty, irritated with my family and a little weary. So rather than go out and wash my car, and since I needed to fill up on gas for my trip anyway, I drove it down to the gas station. Got a deluxe drive-thru car-wash along with a fill-up. No biggie. There's a homeless guy who panhandles by this gas station. I've seen him many times before. I don't carry cash around with me and at any rate wouldn't hand someone cash to begin with. He's never approached me before but he did today. He said to me, "Ma'am, I have 15 cents in my pocket. Any little change you could spare would be appreciated." Here's the litmus test for someone who truly wants help rather than go blow their money on Mad Dog 20-20. Offer to buy them a sandwich. If they only want cash, guess what? They probably have more money than I do. I said I didn't have any cash but I could use my credit card to buy him a burger. There was a Wendy's next door and he was exceedingly grateful. He said, "I've seen that picture of the bacon mushroom melt thing, could I have one of those?" Sure you can. Do you want fries? "Oh, no, ma'am. Just the sandwich. And some ice water. Water doesn't cost anything extra." How pitiful is that?! Damn, I went in there and ordered his sandwich and his ice water - cost me all of $4.29 including tax. It was everything I could do - and I probably should have - to not order two burgers, an extra large order of fries, a salad and maybe a bowl of chili. But he seemed to be a rather proud sort and I didn't figure he'd take kindly to my going the extra mile. Sounds stupid, I know, but I didn't want to offend him. He happily sat down on the grass median next to the Wendy's parking lot as I drove off, preparing to eat his dinner. Jill Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Jill, did you actually read the post, or simply react to the rather lame screen-name? It may be off-topic, and it may be a troll, but certainly not anything objectionable. |
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MAIL CALL!
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
jmcquown wrote: SuperSugarCrisp wrote: I'm hot, sweaty, irritated with my family and a little weary. So rather than go out and wash my car, and since I needed to fill up on gas for my trip anyway, I drove it down to the gas station. Got a deluxe drive-thru car-wash along with a fill-up. No biggie. There's a homeless guy who panhandles by this gas station. I've seen him many times before. I don't carry cash around with me and at any rate wouldn't hand someone cash to begin with. He's never approached me before but he did today. He said to me, "Ma'am, I have 15 cents in my pocket. Any little change you could spare would be appreciated." Here's the litmus test for someone who truly wants help rather than go blow their money on Mad Dog 20-20. Offer to buy them a sandwich. If they only want cash, guess what? They probably have more money than I do. I said I didn't have any cash but I could use my credit card to buy him a burger. There was a Wendy's next door and he was exceedingly grateful. He said, "I've seen that picture of the bacon mushroom melt thing, could I have one of those?" Sure you can. Do you want fries? "Oh, no, ma'am. Just the sandwich. And some ice water. Water doesn't cost anything extra." How pitiful is that?! Damn, I went in there and ordered his sandwich and his ice water - cost me all of $4.29 including tax. It was everything I could do - and I probably should have - to not order two burgers, an extra large order of fries, a salad and maybe a bowl of chili. But he seemed to be a rather proud sort and I didn't figure he'd take kindly to my going the extra mile. Sounds stupid, I know, but I didn't want to offend him. He happily sat down on the grass median next to the Wendy's parking lot as I drove off, preparing to eat his dinner. Jill Here we go again with the ****ing trolls. Someone please let school back in again. Jill, did you actually read the post, or simply react to the rather lame screen-name? It may be off-topic, and it may be a troll, but certainly not anything objectionable. Evelyn, that was MY post. Copy/pasted after being looked up on Google, no doubt. I have no idea why this person decided to re-post my post about my buying lunch for a homeless person. Just another example of because I asked NMR to not top post, the trolls are crawling back out of the woodwork. I seem to attract them like flies. Jill |
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MAIL CALL!
jmcquown wrote:
Evelyn, that was MY post. Copy/pasted after being looked up on Google, no doubt. I have no idea why this person decided to re-post my post about my buying lunch for a homeless person. Just another example of because I asked NMR to not top post, the trolls are crawling back out of the woodwork. I seem to attract them like flies. Hey, I think that post made you look pretty good - compassionate and willing to help someone. So if the troll was trying to hurt you by reposting that, they failed. Joyce |
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