Disappointed in people!
Sunday evening, I was off and took my wife for a walk nearby. We saw a man trying to break the lugs loose on a flat on his pickup and finally angled over to help. Short lug wrench and impacted on meant no dice.
After I said maybe get yourself a longer breaker bar or cheater we could get it. He said he wasn't in position to buy anything. And then it started raining.
I walked wife back to hotel(grumbling) and got my truck, drove to nearby Lowes and having nothing that would work, bought a small air compressor for about 50 bucks.
Back to man's truck. Aired up tire and saw it had a leak. Remember it was rainy? So I could see bubbles.
In a fit of kindness (stupidity), I left him the compressor and said return it later. I leaned back in my truck and had wife check billfold but I only had a couple of bucks in cash with me. I was going to give him enough to go get a lug wrench at least. So nix that.
He'd asked about knowing for any work around so I gave him my card and my foreman's number and told him to call and tell him I said to find him some work on one of the crews.
So FForward to next morn about 6 am. I get a text thanking me, going to call about job and return my air pump today or tomorrow. Monday.
Tuesday. I asked foreman and he did call and he said he found him something good.
Last night (Tuesday) I finally sent him a return txt to that number he wrote from and asked "hey. Did you forget me?" As a way off the hook thing.
Nothing.
It's not the money. For me it's the not returning something borrowed.
And the breaking of a man's word.
I feel a little hypocritical because my wife says I should feel good because "You did the right thing."
I actually only feel....
About 50 bucks poorer!
