Okay so this transit strike has created a great deal of stress for the whole city, for car riders and bus riders alike. Here’s an idea that would make our city a much better place: How about those of you with cars take a moment to think of the people you know who don’t have cars and offer to help them out? Don’t wait until they call you out of desperation to ask for help, just call out of the blue and say something like this: “Hey friend, I was thinking about the fact that there’s a strike on and you don’t have a car and you can only get around by foot to do errands, and since I do have a car, maybe I could help you?” I am quite sure your offer will be greatly appreciated. —One People
This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2012.
well said….
from a person without a car wanting to get handouts….
how about you offer your ‘mouth services’ while getting the ride..
save that load, freeze it… and help out some nascad students….
stop thinking of yourself for a change.
screee
My God, I hate hippies….
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Hippies+.…
Hay, some of us HAVE offered others rides!
I even offered zed a ride to work, ffs.
I had a friend travel with me for two weeks, drove a co-worker to work too — all three of us cozied up and squished in together in the back seat. I drove my assistant home the other day and offered her a ride in during the days she’s in at 8:30am.
And I never once asked for $$$ from them, either.
I do what I can to help out, yo’. I’m luckier than most.
So STFU, OB — some people *are* helping others during the strike!
Sure. And here’s another idea! Why don’t you people who are accepting those rides offer to pay for gas?
Call live 105. If it’s work-related, they’ll get you there. They even have a form you can fill out online to request a ride.
My people who have accepted rides have offered money.
So in my case my people don’t suck! 😛
I’ve been making it to and from the gulag thanks to the kindness of a co-worker and a couple of times a week I’ll spring for the obligatory Timmies on the ride in. (As to whether that’s a karmic gesture or a crime against humanity, I’ll leave to that legion of coffee snobs out there in the etherspace to determine) So I can’t really take exeption to the spirit of this love, but the mawkish tone of it reminds me of the liner notes from a Natalie Merchant CD or that “very special” episode of “Diff’rent Strokes” where Arnold convinces Willis to admit to helping assault and rape a jogger after night of “wilding” in Central Park.*
And, I still hate hippies.
*Disclaimer – that never really happened.