Warm Fuzzy of the Day
By: Mr. Wilson on
April 19, 2007
On March 30 at 8:20 (think rush hour traffic), I witnessed an amazing event. I was at a service station getting gas when a Mountain Dew delivery truck lost several cases of pop off the back of his truck. They were scattered all across Ninth and Q streets. In many places, people may have just chuckled to themselves and kept in their own business, but not here -- not in Nebraska. There were at least 10 people who stopped, ran a block down the street even, just to help this guy out. There were businessmen and women, my service station guy and even a couple of Department of Roads guys who came to his aid. The Department of Roads guys even parked their truck to deter traffic. It was such a cool sight to see, I was almost moved to tears, seriously.Don't you feel all tingly inside now? Like Susan, I get a kick out of seeing things like this. And thanks to my dad's good example while I was growing up, I get a kick out of participating in these things, too. (Thanks, dad!) I don't know if Nebraskans are more or less likely than anyone else to help out in these situations, but it doesn't really matter, does it? All that really matters is that we help out when we can. I have to laugh at the thought of the incident happening closer to campus. I can see a horde of students in a frenzy, each of them thinking "Screw altruism, I see FREE CAFFEINE!"
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Another warm and fuzzy for you….
Last week a friend was coming to visit me at work and his car died about halfway up the viaduct on 27th. This was that day last week when it was raining very hard. He was sitting in his car debating coasting backwards to the bottom if a break in traffic should happen, which we all know is unlikely, when two young men pulled up behind him and hopped out. These two were college age and they said not to worry they would push him up over so he could coast down and around the corner by the water plant.
Random acts….......
First of all I agree with you Mr. Wilson, screw being a good samaritan, free Dew is a great day in my book.
Second of all…there is no such thing as rush hour traffic in Lincoln. The notion that this happened in “rush hour” traffic is laughable. It was merely busier than most times.
Thirdly, did she get out and help?
How jaded have I become? My first thought was, “I hope those Department of Roads guys don’t get fired like the snowplow driver in Omaha.”
Good story. I love Lincoln.
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