There was only 1 time I can remember picking up a hitch-hiker, and it was by accident. I was dropping a friend off at his house after playing a few sets of tennis with him, and as I pulled up to the side walk in front of his house, lo and behold, there was a hitch-hiker standing right there. Since I was already stopped, and his destination was on my way home, I said "what the hell" and let him get in. Coincidentally, it turned out that this guy was related to me in some fashion, like a third cousin twice removed, but I had never met him before. His mother used to visit with my mother on occassion, so I knew he wasn't lying.
I also had a girlfriend who picked up hitch-hikers all the time. She did it because of the Karma effect, but she admitted that a few of her passengers did freak her out a bit. She was a bit of a basketcase herself, but that's a story for another day.
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