Good Samaritan

[Darts]

Two fairly recent incidents have made me question whether there is any point in being a good samaritan.

Example 1: I found a cellphone lying on the road so I picked it up and took it home. Sooner than you can say "GPS" the guy showed up to claim his phone. No thank you, just a dirty look as if I stole his cell.

Next time I see a cell lying on the road I'm going just to leave it there so cars can destroy the damn thing.

Example 2: As I was leaving the gym on my bike I noticed the next bike was unlocked and the owner was no where to be seen. So, I locked the other bike and left my cell number. About an hour later the guy calls and demanded to know why I locked his bike. I rode back to the gym and the guy's bike was gone and so was my lock and chain.

Next time I see an unlock bike I'll leave it as is and maybe someone will steal the damn thing.

 

[superstar_88]

self proclaimed good Samaritan … ok good for you.

 

[art van dele]

No good deeds ever go unpunished.

 

[Darts]

No good deeds ever go unpunished.

Sadly, it is true sometimes. If I ever drop my cellphone on the road I would hope someone would pick it up. There's nothing of value to anyone because it is password protected, locked and I would immediately stop the service and report it lost.

 

[Nathan 88]

Two fairly recent incidents have made me question whether there is any point in being a good samaritan.

Example 1: I found a cellphone lying on the road so I picked it up and took it home. Sooner than you can say "GPS" the guy showed up to claim his phone. No thank you, just a dirty look as if I stole his cell.

Next time I see a cell lying on the road I'm going just to leave it there so cars can destroy the damn thing.

Example 2: As I was leaving the gym on my bike I noticed the next bike was unlocked and the owner was no where to be seen. So, I locked the other bike and left my cell number. About an hour later the guy calls and demanded to know why I locked his bike. I rode back to the gym and the guy's bike was gone and so was my lock and chain.

Next time I see an unlock bike I'll leave it as is and maybe someone will steal the damn thing.

Next time mind your own business.
That is the world we are living in today.

 

[oldjones]

Hang onto your good intentions and helpfulness. Our world needs more of them and you, not less. Especially since — as your experience shows — we already have ungrateful turds aplenty in the population.

But of course I have comments: Example 1) If you didn't call one of his contacts about finding the phone, or leave a message on the owner's voice-mail he might well have thought as you suspect. Which still doesn't excuse his ugly manners when you handed him the phone.

Example 2) Call the guy and ask when he'll be by the gym to return your chain and lock before you write him off. Whatever your good intentions, you messed him up by locking his bike, after he had decided to leave it unlocked. Although you meant well, that made it unusable, and clearly he couldn't wait for you to return. But if he's the Good Guy you are, he just cut one link and still has it to return.

 

[Darts]

Call the guy and ask when he'll be by the gym to return your chain and lock before you write him off.

I did call him (again no thank you from him) and he said he got a bolt cutter from the gym and what is left of the chain and lock are with the gym desk. So, I was able to retrieve what was left of the chain and lock.

P.S. I really admire those good samaritans who perform CPR on strangers who are having a stroke or heart attack. Fortunately, I never found myself in such a situation.

 

[likwid]

1) I can sort of understand. I’d just leave the phone in the general vicinity so it didn’t get smashed.

2) Is out of line. Why go out of the way to lock another persons bike? He may have only been away for a few min, you wouldn’t know. Can’t imagine why you’d lock someone else’s bike, if it gets stolen that’s on them.