Don’t know if this is a good or bad sign.

[CatFan]

I’m not sure if this a positive sign that people expect others to appreciate help, or a negative sign that people expect to be paid for helping someone in need.

I was bush hogging yesterday, and as I turned a corner I happened to notice a person a good ways off who had chosen their spot outside the fence so I’d be driving toward them when I turned. She was waving her blue motorcycle helmet to get my attention.

I finished my strip of mowing and shut down the mower and headed toward her. I throttled down and climbed down to see what was up. She gestured toward a pair of motorcycles down the road and asked if I had a wrench and pliers they could borrow. I told her I did and I’d meet her at the bikes. She came to the fence and got the tools and handed them to the guy she was with. He worked on her bike for 3 or 4 minutes, came up to me, handed me the tools and offered me a $20 bill. I told him I couldn’t take money for loaning a couple of tools to somebody in trouble.

Though I appreciated the offer, it hurt me a little that they might have thought I expected money in return. That’s not me. They went by going the other direction a half hour later and waved like crazy. That was worth more than the money.

[ifishinxs]

Great to see stories like this. Good job!

[KYRANGERMAN]

You did good. Anytime I help someone all I ask is that "If you ever see me having any kind of trouble just stop and help me. Then we'll be even.

[wmitch2]

I've "Helped" many people in trouble, from lending a tool to changing a tire (2"Older" ladies) it's the way I was brought up !! Many have offered $$ for my services, and I've always declined. I'm 74 years young now and It seems that "Newer" people have a different idea of what used to be standard way of life. When I was offered, I would say "No, but thank-you. Just help someone down the road". Pay if forward. And I always felt good about myself !!!

[Alex from GA]

I'm with mitch, "pay it forward".

[billnorman1]

I'm with mitch, "pay it forward".

That. I always say that, but I admit I always get paid, internally, because I feel really good about myself. One guy I picked up when his touring bicycle was terminally broken kept insisting that I take some money, would not take no for an answer. Since it meant so much to him and his wife, I accepted $10 on behalf of my dog whose medication I was on the way to pick up from the pharmacy. It helped lessen the blow of $50.00+ for her eye drops.

[Stroker3.2XS]

I'd say it's a positive sign that he / they appreciated the help, instead of taking it for granted

[like2fish2]

Positive sign in that they certainly appreciated your help.

I have changed tires, taken people to get fuel and towed boats on the lake.

Most have offered money and I always say just pay it forward.

[Gerald D]

I have never accepted money from towing boats in, assisting on the water, or helping motorists having trouble. I never have and I never will.

[Fish Whisperer]

Pay it forward.

[BOATS]

Fishing our club classic years ago, towed a disabled pontoon back to the ramp. They tried to offer money and I politely declined.

[berudd]

CatFan, its not a new thing. I’ve been offered, or seen offered, money for things like that for as long as I can remember which is a handful of decades. It’s just a way of saying thanks. If memory serves, I’ve always seen the offer declined as well.

[HillJackJDS]

Stories such as this one make me wish that I could give a Thumbs Up to posts or comments on this forum that I like, or find to be helpful.

[OkieLure]