the okay samaritan, 12.11.23

when mom and dad were picking me up, the highlander needed a jump start. the battery needed a jump about a week and a half ago, so i guess this wasn’t unexpected. we told the officer waving traffic about our situation, and he called someone. after he called someone, an indian guy pulls up in an old honda accord. he asks us what’s going on and when we tell him we need a jump, he says he has cables. long story short, he jumps the car for us. as he is doing that, a small tow truck pulls up (the one the officer called). the tow truck waited until the highlander was good before he drove off. as the indian guy was putting his hood down, my mom tries to give him money. he declines, but when i get in the car, he asks my dad how much the tow truck would charge us? he said would it be $80? my dad said he didn’t know and the indian guy asked for $50. my mom gave it to him, but i got a feeling the tow truck wouldn’t have charged us anything as the officer called him for us. maybe i’m wrong, but i think we got swindled. not really swindled, but you know? maybe it wasn’t all out of kindness after all, but yet, we still appreciated him jumping our car so we can’t really say anything. my mom and dad said he looked like a young college kid so they didn’t mind giving him money.

maybe it’s just me, maybe i’m tripping, i don’t know.

he did jump the highlander though, so shoutout to him.

-ratha, 11:13pm, 12.11.23