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After setting there for another 2.5 hrs help finally arrived. The driver said he knew who the a$$hole that got the first call and it was on par for him.
When the first driver showed up he said I see your from Washington I've heard they have good weed out there. Wow. I bought them a new set of tires
this morning { the old tires were 60%} Coopers. They made it to Cleveland this afternoon. Final destination Connecticut.

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After setting there for another 2.5 hrs help finally arrived. The driver said he knew who the a$$hole that got the first call and it was on par for him.
When the first driver showed up he said I see your from Washington I've heard they have good weed out there. Wow. I bought them a new set of tires
this morning { the old tires were 60%} Coopers. They made it to Cleveland this afternoon. Final destination Connecticut.

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Guy that got the first call should be dropped from AAA if that's his par. I think there's beginning to be a bunch of Jagoffs with a pickup, a cordless impact, and a gas can that are starting to abuse the AAA. Feedback should be given.
 

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Oh she contacted AAA and said a mouth full. Years ago a shop I worked at was a AAA towing outfit, AAA had lots of rules you broke them you were toast.
But the world has changed completely since then and rules, policies and guide lines mean nothing anymore.

And a story of my own that happened in the winter of 88.

A week before Christmas on a Friday it started snowing real hard, Ellensburg where I lived had already gotten a bunch a few days earlier. I started out in the Freightliner
at 3:00 am that Friday and towed plus winched all day long. I got back to the shop at about 6.00 pm and Millie the owner knew I was shot but she asked me if I could make one more
tow--35 miles to Yakima. The lady that wanted the tow had spent the day trying to get from Seattle to Yakima and had wrecked twice, she was scared to death and crying plus had
her four year old boy with her, all the motels were full. So I said yeah sure I'll take the only one ton 4x4 left a 76 Chevy with a Holmes 500 and a add-on Zacklift. The other three
were still out working.

I headed up I-82 from Ellensburg slick as hell. At the bottom of the hill I saw a VW square back lose it and plow in on the shoulder headed north bound so I called it in to Millie
to relay to WSP. Dropping off the south side toward Yakima the Fred G Redmond bridge had a 20 some car truck pile-up. I backed the ladies car I was towing into her garage
wrote the bill she paid me and handed me a 50 dollar bill as a tip. She was a prosecuting attorney it turned out.

I headed back up I-82 and wove my way through the pile-up, It was out of my towing area so there was no reason to stop plus there were ten tow rigs there already.
When I got to the bottom of I-82 Near Ellensburg I noticed the VW was still there and people were inside so I stopped to check on them. I asked if anyone had stopped the lady
driving the car said no even a state patrol drove by plus sand trucks. She had four children in the car headed to Tacoma in that weather. Plus she said she didn't have but enough
money to get there. So I made decision and told her I would winch her out for free--just don't tell anyone which tow outfit did it.

Two weeks later I was under a rig installing a gear box when Millie walked along side and tapped my leg with her high heels {red high heels}. Mike you want to roll out of there?
{Did you pull that VW out at mile post 3 I-82 two weeks back--for free?} Well yeah Millie I did, the car had a woman and four kids in it and it was 24 degrees out and no one had
stopped plus she didn't have enough money. And I looked at all the money in the bank bag and I decided we had made enough for one day. She handed me a letter the woman sent
to thank the company. Millie's reply to me was { You did right Mike, My guys always stop to help a woman no matter what and that's what I want to here. She gave me a gift certificate
to the Palace restaurant.

My tow story from 1988--Truck Shop
 

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Oh she contacted AAA and said a mouth full. Years ago a shop I worked at was a AAA towing outfit, AAA had lots of rules you broke them you were toast.
But the world has changed completely since then and rules, policies and guide lines mean nothing anymore.

And a story of my own that happened in the winter of 88.

A week before Christmas on a Friday it started snowing real hard, Ellensburg where I lived had already gotten a bunch a few days earlier. I started out in the Freightliner
at 3:00 am that Friday and towed plus winched all day long. I got back to the shop at about 6.00 pm and Millie the owner knew I was shot but she asked me if I could make one more
tow--35 miles to Yakima. The lady that wanted the tow had spent the day trying to get from Seattle to Yakima and had wrecked twice, she was scared to death and crying plus had
her four year old boy with her, all the motels were full. So I said yeah sure I'll take the only one ton 4x4 left a 76 Chevy with a Holmes 500 and a add-on Zacklift. The other three
were still out working.

I headed up I-82 from Ellensburg slick as hell. At the bottom of the hill I saw a VW square back lose it and plow in on the shoulder headed north bound so I called it in to Millie
to relay to WSP. Dropping off the south side toward Yakima the Fred G Redmond bridge had a 20 some car truck pile-up. I backed the ladies car I was towing into her garage
wrote the bill she paid me and handed me a 50 dollar bill as a tip. She was a prosecuting attorney it turned out.

I headed back up I-82 and wove my way through the pile-up, It was out of my towing area so there was no reason to stop plus there were ten tow rigs there already.
When I got to the bottom of I-82 Near Ellensburg I noticed the VW was still there and people were inside so I stopped to check on them. I asked if anyone had stopped the lady
driving the car said no even a state patrol drove by plus sand trucks. She had four children in the car headed to Tacoma in that weather. Plus she said she didn't have but enough
money to get there. So I made decision and told her I would winch her out for free--just don't tell anyone which tow outfit did it.

Two weeks later I was under a rig installing a gear box when Millie walked along side and tapped my leg with her high heels {red high heels}. Mike you want to roll out of there?
{Did you pull that VW out at mile post 3 I-82 two weeks back--for free?} Well yeah Millie I did, the car had a woman and four kids in it and it was 24 degrees out and no one had
stopped plus she didn't have enough money. And I looked at all the money in the bank bag and I decided we had made enough for one day. She handed me a letter the woman sent
to thank the company. Millie's reply to me was { You did right Mike, My guys always stop to help a woman no matter what and that's what I want to here. She gave me a gift certificate
to the Palace restaurant.

My tow story from 1988--Truck Shop

Class act !
 

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It is not just AAA that will leave you stranded. Maybe 25 years ago my sister is going north for a ski weekend with her best friend and she gets a bad load of diesel with water. Car dies on I-84 in Connecticut. No cell phones back then so had to wait for someone to stop. When she called she told me that not 1 but 2 state cops went right by before some good guy actually stopped and found a pay phone. It was friggen cold and the cops went right by! Well, I hit the road, stretched the rods in the 440 and found out that 110 mph studs come out of snow tires!

I respect the job cops have to do but as people I never look at them the same anymore. Leaving a 20 year old woman on the side of the road is unforgivable. Forever.
 

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Sadly it works both ways....

I stopped to help a fella pulling a big cabin cruiser boat with a nice fancy truck that had smoked a wheel bearing and tire. I went up the road and got bearings and fixed up the axle and put on his spare. The fella took off, never even thanked me or offered to pay for the bearings, hell he didn't even ask for my name. I still stop and offer to help folks but I swear I don't know how some of them live with themselves.
 

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Caveman … Especially this week, a national time to remember with gratitude … It's important to the giver and the blessed that gratitude be shown. Without thanks, both are cheated. The giver is left with nothing and the recipient goes away either entitled or regretful after the chance.

On behalf of all those you've helped, thank you.
 

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I'm pretty cautious about stopping to help people. About 10 years ago a trucker stopped to offer assistance to a "stranded" motorist about a half hour away from where I lived. Guy got jumped and the tar beat out of him. Left for dead on the side of the road. He survived thankfully.

My rule is if I actually see a car break down, if I've seen the car travelling my direction multiple times on a long trip or if its a cold day/snow storm I'll stop.
 

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Here's my story:) This is a number of years ago before cell phones. I'm cruising down the e-way 75+ (I'm always over 5+) heading back to the office. Sky is looking like rain, a few spits now and then. I pass a car on the inside shoulder and the driver has the trunk up working on getting the spare out.
A glance sideways, it sorta looks like maybe a female, short hair maybe?. If it's a woman, I'm not just keeping on going. So I do a flip flop thru the "Authorized Vehicles Only" crossovers and go back. I pull up behind the vehicle and park like the troopers do so I'm protecting us. Sure enough, it's a female and she is obviously very pregnant. My first question - are you driving yourself to the hospital? The answer was no, but I'm overdue and I'm on my way to see my Doctor. Me: you sure your not having pains?
So I can go find a payphone and call a tow truck, husband, or someone. But I just don't want to just leave her there till help arrives so it's quicker to just change it. She had managed to get the spare out and the jack.
Remember it looked like rain? Well sure enough it started to rain. She standing watching me so I suggest it's okay to get in. No she says, you're getting wet so I can to. Fortunately I was almost done and the rain wasn't too hard.
She thanks me profusely and wants to give me money, I said no thanks, I work for the road department - one of our services.
One of the first things I did with our daughter when she got her driver's license was have her jack up the car, pull the tire and wheel, reinstall it and drop the jack. I also showed her how to use jumper cables and made she had a set and a 20 foot tow strap.
 

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My only problem with showing someone how to do the things we take as simple is the fact that by the time they might actually need to do it there's the chance they will hurt themselves.
Its good to have the know how but people forget simple tasks. Not to take off in another direction but people who buy a firearm for protection go through a safety class and stow the
firearm away in a desk is one example. If you don't shoot twice a month and at least 50 rounds each time your not going to be very accurate and probably be dangerous to others. And someone who isn't use to
working along side a freeway with no traffic control at night or even daytime is a setting duck. Hell people
don't even move over for blue lights let alone yellow. This last month a flagger was killed by a drunk driver
on Highway 11 towards Pendelton Or.

The only way to be good at pool is shoot at-least ten games a night.

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I'm pretty cautious about stopping to help people. About 10 years ago a trucker stopped to offer assistance to a "stranded" motorist about a half hour away from where I lived. Guy got jumped and the tar beat out of him. Left for dead on the side of the road.
That's why we carry guns here.
 

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About 12-13 years ago I was headed to Salt Lake with my 9 axle. In western KS my ol 359 quit making air. I pulled over and started to diagnose. Not long after a KS trooper stopped to ask if I needed help. I jokingly said yeah if you have a #10 union that would solve my problem. I can’t seem to find mine.

About 30 minutes later he showed back up and handed me one! I bypassed the frozen dryer and while everything was charging back up I asked him if he would let me buy him a cup of coffee or something. He said I appreciate the offer but I better get home. I was off three hours ago.....

I shook his hand, thanked him again and asked him for a badge number or his name. He wouldn’t give it to me, he just said it’s all in a days work. As he pulled away I saw his tag number, 316. The next day I called and found out what area he worked out of and sent him a thank you. I’m not a deeply religious person but you don’t have to be for 316 to mean something.

I always wondered if him sitting behind me while I laid under that truck could have possibly prevented my demise. We may never know!
 

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The last time I changed a tire for a lady she brought me a home baked apple pie the next day! I told her that wasn't necessary but I appreciated it never the less, and if she'd of told me that it was worth an apple pie I would have given her my own vehicle to take home and delivered her vehicle personally with a properly repaired tire.
 

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I have worked on and off over the years at a shop that was by a gas station i would never build a shop next to a highway but i all ways help some one if i can. Last year we got a call from a guy needing a new battery. I wasnt in a good mood and 90% of the time it seems that a little maintaninc could go a long ways to not haveing problems on the road. He told me his cars make so i took the battery and headed out. I got there and found a man and women in the 80s trying to get home from the store with there groceries. He could hardly walk. My mood changed it could have been my mom and dad . I tested the battery and started it with the jump pack it was chargeing and the battery was 6 years old so i put in the new one. His wife ask if i would take a check and how much it was i thought its not going to make or brake the shop i let them have it for cost.
 

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My only problem with showing someone how to do the things we take as simple is the fact that by the time they might actually need to do it there's the chance they will hurt themselves.
Its good to have the know how but people forget simple tasks. Not to take off in another direction but people who buy a firearm for protection go through a safety class and stow the
firearm away in a desk is one example. If you don't shoot twice a month and at least 50 rounds each time your not going to be very accurate and probably be dangerous to others. And someone who isn't use to
working along side a freeway with no traffic control at night or even daytime is a setting duck. Hell people
don't even move over for blue lights let alone yellow. This last month a flagger was killed by a drunk driver
on Highway 11 towards Pendelton Or.

The only way to be good at pool is shoot at-least ten games a night.

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The only way to be good at pool is shoot at-least ten games a night.
 

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I was going to the next town over to get some parts about there i saw 2 girls pulled up in a drive with their car jacked up i thought if there still there when i come back by i will stop. They were still there i stoped they showed me there lug wrench it had the first lug nut stuck in it i should them how to get it out and changed it for them.
 

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Most of these stories go back to our females. But here is one based on a typical beggar in downtown Atlanta. A construction crew is working on a job-site and a beggar comes up asking for money which was a multiple everyday occurrence. One of the guys onsite decides you can work for some cash and makes him that offer.

He hands the guy a shovel. The guy digs for less time than it took you to read this and drops to the ground screaming he is hurt. A grand scene is going on. Another guys hands the beggar $20.00 and tells him to get the heck off the site. Main foreman has a nice talk with the crew chief asking him what was he thinking....
 
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