Rescued Today By a Man. Feeling very grateful

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I have a reliable little car (had for 7 years old) and it has never given me any trouble. A few weeks ago I thought it was taking longer to start than usual and thought I better take it into kwik fit to get checked but then it seemed to be starting fine again and I have to admit it slipped down my priority list.

Today the battery died on me while I was out with the dog and had a full shop in the boot (with frozen stuff). In the interest of cutting costs/saving money I cancelled my green flag membership a few years ago. Mainly because I only drive about in our local town and hardly ever do long journeys now and also because up to now I've never had a days bother with my car.

Obviously I was regretting that today. I was sitting in my car helplessly trying to start it for 5 mins and coming to the conclusion I was probably going to have to phone up the AA and get charged a huge fee to join and get jump started.

I then realised the man at the next car along was talking to the shop worker and asking if he had jump leads to try and help me. I was so touched to realise this complete stranger was taking it upon himself to help me when I hadn't even asked.

Anyway shop worker said they weren't allowed to give us jump leads due to insurance but they sold them in shop. Shit - I had no money with me as I had just popped down to collect shopping (done online all paid for). Stranger Man was on phone to his mum asking how much jump leads were in Tesco and they were £15. He then went into shop and bought jump leads and insisted I take them home with me. That was after he used them to start my car. He had already diagnosed the problem while we were waiting.

I came home and cried because I couldn't believe how kind this man had been (I'm in my fifties and overweight, so not some hot young thing).

So if you are married to a train driver from Fife who shops at Tesco (his wife was a train driver too he said) your husband was my hero today. I'm back home now and of course will be taking out an AA membership before driving anywhere and also going to kwik fit to get the battery changed asap.

The man was also with his two young children and so it was not convenient for him to help me as he had to look after them and he had just collected his own shop too.

We read on here bad things about people all the time and I have to say I never expect kindness from strangers. So for all those that have lost faith in men (or people) this is my story for you.

Meanwhile I pledge to play it forward and help out someone just for the sake of it.

So Mr Train Driver from Fife. At Tesco's today at 4pm - thank you very much.

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There are some lovely people in the world.
You may already know this but I always use a comparison website for breakdown cover, I buy nearly the most expensive every year and it costs me £40 per year. Honestly it's so worth it. Only thing I don't get it help overseas.
Hope you get your car sorted.

There are good men in the world.

Two weeks ago I helped a stranded man - same issue. If you can be anything, be kind 💕

How brilliant is he!
Don’t go to kwik fit, I’ve had past experiences where they do a diagnostic on you car snd then try snd sell you all sorts that you don’t really need.
You can go to a Halfords or a local garage snd they should be able to do a battery for you, I think Halfords even fit them

That’s brought a lump to my throat, thanks for sharing x

Aww, thats nice to read! Years ago I was buying a multipack of apple juice cartons in Co op with young dc. The ones I picked up were the last ones on the shelf but had no bar code, so the staff told me to just scan an orange juice pack then return them to the shelf. A random man saw me put them back on the shelf and leave with dc following behind. A minute later he came running up the road and handed me the orange juices he just bought as he thought I had put them back because I couldn't afford them 🥺 they only cost a few pounds but I thought it was such a kind gesture.

Hey, less of the 'surprise' . Some of us blokes are just ordinary human beings too !! My brother was not long leaving the port of Newcastle ( returning from a trip to Norway on his motorbike ) when he pulled into a layby to check on his route home . A few seconds later a car pulled in with the flappy rubber sound of a flat tyre. A well dressed couple got out of the car and looked forlornly at the flat tyre...they hadn't a clue how to fix it and they were in their posh clothes on the way to a wedding . My bro approached and asked if he could help. The couple were shocked and amazed a ' motorcyclist' would do that ! 10 minutes later my brother had fitted the spare tyre and they were on their way. The phrase 'books and covers' springs to mind !

Wonderful story which restores our belief in kindness. This is a win win situation. Train driver was delighted to help and you will pass the kindness on to the next person you see under pressure.

How lovely

What a great story
Hope u find him 2 thank in person

I just love this - people in general are intrinsically good! We need to remember this, especially when we’ve have had weeks of shittiness!. And I really believe there are more of us than there are of ‘them’ xx

Aww, thats nice to read! Years ago I was buying a multipack of apple juice cartons in Co op with young dc. The ones I picked up were the last ones on the shelf but had no bar code, so the staff told me to just scan an orange juice pack then return them to the shelf. A random man saw me put them back on the shelf and leave with dc following behind. A minute later he came running up the road and handed me the orange juices he just bought as he thought I had put them back because I couldn't afford them 🥺 they only cost a few pounds but I thought it was such a kind gesture.

My Dad was this kind of person. Saw a couple lads fighting and stopped the car to intervene - dodgy area and they were black and he was white (and middle aged) but he didn’t hesitate - they were really going at it.
There are good men out there. My Dad was one, my late husband another.

I remember years ago, I was on the way to work, I’d just put diesel in my car, walking back the car after paying I noticed I needed air in at least 1 tyre. Anyway, I hopped in to my car and drove around to the air pump thingy. When I got there a lady was already using the air, I’m male by the way. So I sat there patiently waiting, as this lady was taking ages, and I was kind of getting a tad stressed as I needed to get to my work. After I’d sat there for 10 minutes or so, and the lady is on her second 50p, I could see she was a struggling so I got out the car and asked her if she needed any help. That turned out to be the wrong thing, as she said something along the lines of, what do you mean, do I need help, before losing her s@@t with me. So I got back in the car and left, without using the air pump.

Thank you so much for sharing this. We read so many negative thing on here. Really brightened my night that bit more

I've always wondered whether the lovely lady who came to my rescue one December evening in New Malden was on here, as she had a small child with her. I tripped and fell on the pavement, and broke my nose and also my glasses. There weren't many people around but she had seen me from some way away and instantly came up to see if she could help. She helped gather my things up and to get up, and helped me across the busy road to where my niece's lovely partner lived so he could take me to A&E - and indeed he dropped everything and did just that. If lovely lady does by any chance read this, thank you so much, you were so kind.

She and niece's partner weren't the only Good Samaritans, either. Another young man came up to us whilst I was limping along. He had gone into a nearby newsagent that was open and bought a box of tissues and some water, and just gave them to me. As my face was a horrible mess, it was so much appreciated. I particularly remember him because, a couple of days later, Farage was banging on about dangerous immigrant men making London uninhabitable. I don't know if my Samaritan was an immigrant, but he had a heavy accent and was from an ethnic minority, and it made me so angry with Farage that I went and made a large donation to an immigrant support charity.

No, he didn't. HTH. LOL.

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What a legend! It's always worth having some jump leads as it's much harder to find somebody with a set than it is to find somebody who'll let you quickly connect to their battery.

Hope you ran the engine for a bit to recharge it else it might not start next time. If you didn't then I'd try and start it ASAP and go for a good drive.

No need to get green flag again. From amazon, I got one of those high capacity all in one power bank / jump starters for about £30. As a consequence, I have been the kind stranger who could jump start a stranded shopper (a man and his mum) and it's also great for camping because you can charge it either on a USB 3 pin plug at home beforehand or using a USB cigarette plug adaptor on the road.

'look at asdas breakdown recovery. it’s £75 for the year or thereabouts and just as good as the aa only half the price."

I was going to say that I'm with Green Flag, they've always been helpful if I've needed them and I pay about £10 a month.

Helpful people seem to exist everywhere, I was saying to my sister on the phone that people seem to be kinder now than they were. My partner of 31years died just before Christmas, he was quite a bit older than me, and even when he was unwell, little things that people did mattered so much to us. We have a young man with a large family living close to us and he couldn't have been kinder or more helpful to both of us. I usually go out for breakfast now to see people as much as having coffee in a well known coffee chain, and recently, unfortunately dissolved into tears. The waitress came over and comforted me and the man queuing to get his coffee asked them to get me whatever I was having, but he was gone before I could even thank him. I'm very lucky, I have family and friends even if not local, on text and phone. My late partner was very good at helping others when he was healthy, I remember us shopping in Tescos and wheeling our trolley full of shopping back to the car, and him seeing a girl struggling with a pushchair and shopping and asking if he could help, and he took her shopping back to the car and folded up the wheelchair and put it in the car for her. He was a good man.

was at an out of town shopping area, came out of a shop and the rain was coming down in stair rods, stood and looked at the rain (under shop canopy) when a man dashed over putting an umbrella up over me.......did i say thank you...... no, just....thanks I have my own umbrella........still feel guilty to this day.

Interesting. Thanks for posting. I have to admit I had green flag for quite a few years (my dad always went with them too) but I never had to call them out.

I think after my 'fright' I felt the need for the reassurance of the 'biggest' brand. Is that silly. Probably. Anyway I got an ok price cos I was a new customer and I unticked the autorenewal box so assuming the price jumps up next year I will probably revert back to green flag.

I always found Kwik Fit to be okay although they can't do everything (I had to take mine elsewhere this year to get a broken seat belt clasped fixed after I tried to ram the wrong dog safety belt hook into it). In fact a few years ago Kwik Fit told me not to get my car serviced each year as I was only doing about 4000 miles per annum. So now I don't. Although I think i have gone too long given the recent drama. It's probably dependent on which branch you use though.

I already thanked him about twenty times (and offered him my precious box of maltesers which he refused!). I don't want to invade the guys privacy by posting it too much. Lots of people saying to pay it forward which I most certainly will.