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The Hitcher
OK, so on my way home last night I'm driving through this little rural town and I see a guy with his thumb out and hoofing it down the road. He looked to be early to mid-forties, and was wearing Dockers, a golf T-shirt and baseball cap. Not too threatening, so I picked him up.
Turns out, he's truck broke down while he was on his way to a dinner for his daughter's swim team. The school he was heading to was less than 5 miles from my house so I dropped him off at the door. On the way, he told me about his pending divorce, his kids, his wife, the fact that he lives with his in-laws currently, etc. Basically, his whole life summarized into 25 minutes. I was glad to talk to him.
I don't make a habit of picking up every hitchhiker I see, but this wasn't the first and will most likely not be the last. But, with the sketchiness of strangers nowadays, I was curious; Do others out there pick up hitchers? Or are things too dangerous where you're from?
Just curious…
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