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hitchhiker, its about to rain, pick up or leave?

tristan299
tristan299 Posts: 2,537 Member
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If the person above was hitching a lift it's about to rain heavily would you pick them up or leave them to get wet?

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  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
    Single female alone? Sorry, my parents raised me to be smarter than that. You won't melt.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Stop, let her get to the door, then pull off quickly.

    RL trolling.
  • sentaruu
    sentaruu Posts: 2,206 Member
    depends on the person and how bad it's raining.
  • tristan299
    tristan299 Posts: 2,537 Member
    @tinkerbelle what you mean they raised you just to flash your clevage? but ignore someone in need. Top parenting skills. lol
  • indignantgnome
    indignantgnome Posts: 60 Member
    Pssh, pick 'em up. I'll take my chances.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    pick up and offer a ride
  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
    @tinkerbelle what you mean they raised you just to flash your clevage? but ignore someone in need. Top parenting skills. lol

    Swimsuit at the pool = good. Set myself up for a chloroform cocktail = bad.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    @tinkerbelle what you mean they raised you just to flash your clevage? but ignore someone in need. Top parenting skills. lol

    shotsfired.jpg
  • tristan299
    tristan299 Posts: 2,537 Member
    Pick up
  • Sreneesa
    Sreneesa Posts: 1,170 Member
    Leaving...not even paying attention to anyone on the road to know if they need to be picked up.

    I'm from Seattle, WA... it rains a lot.... so nothing new....and

    I'm too damn sexy to be taking chances with my life to stop for a hitch hiker! LMAO!!!!
  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
    @tinkerbelle what you mean they raised you just to flash your clevage? but ignore someone in need. Top parenting skills. lol

    shotsfired.jpg

    :heart:
  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
    @tinkerbelle what you mean they raised you just to flash your clevage? but ignore someone in need. Top parenting skills. lol

    shotsfired.jpg

    :heart:

    P.S. My dad taught me to shoot in elementary school. Creepy hitchhikers? Step down.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    pick up
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    ABSOLUTELY NO! OMG. I cant even believe this is debatable for some people.
  • cheesevixen_staci
    cheesevixen_staci Posts: 153 Member
    Single female alone? Sorry, my parents raised me to be smarter than that. You won't melt.

    That right there says it. I agree !
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    I've picked up hikers before on the highway so they wouldn't have to walk such a long stretch. I'd pick you up, too.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    definitely pickup
  • indignantgnome
    indignantgnome Posts: 60 Member
    I've picked up hikers before on the highway so they wouldn't have to walk such a long stretch. I'd pick you up, too.

    Glad I'm not the only one! :D

    I'd sure want someone to stop and help me... and I think we're overly paranoid as a society.
  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    This is when I would be guilty of profiling and using stereotypes. It would depend on who it was.. I have done it and will do it again if my gut says it's right. The last, I was a mile down the road with a niggling in my belly, turned around, went back and picked him (an older black man) up. Never regretted it.. He was a sweetheart. Carrying a brown paper bag, trudging his way down a stretch of two-lane highway, I got to listen to his story as we went a half hour out of the way to help him get to his mother's house for Mother's day to deliver her gift.

    ETA: The lady above, yes, I would give her a ride.
  • Sreneesa
    Sreneesa Posts: 1,170 Member
    I've picked up hikers before on the highway so they wouldn't have to walk such a long stretch. I'd pick you up, too.

    Glad I'm not the only one! :D

    I'd sure want someone to stop and help me... and I think we're overly paranoid as a society.

    Overly paranoid? Where are you from? lol

    Where I'm from there has been way too many rapes and murders to take that chance. What utopia do you hail from for a woman to think its ok?

    Edit again: And I wouldn't suggest either one of you ladies pick up anymore hitch hiker because you are a pretty women. Just saying, loves. Be paranoid. :flowerforyou: ...not in a good way. Just complimenting both of you pretty ladies beauty.
  • xkissylou
    xkissylou Posts: 76
    If I had a weapon, yes (women can be violent too, you know.....) actually, scratch that. Leave. I'd chicken out.
  • InevitableButterfly
    InevitableButterfly Posts: 340 Member
    LEAVE - in all cases just leave. It's not worth the risk.

    ETA: I have stopped in the past and it was nothing but trouble.
  • ilenewilliams
    ilenewilliams Posts: 48 Member
    Leave, but since I am friends with and have gotten to know inevitable butterfly and the question is the person above, I would pick her up. She's okay and not a total stranger.
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    I've picked up hikers before on the highway so they wouldn't have to walk such a long stretch. I'd pick you up, too.

    Glad I'm not the only one! :D

    I'd sure want someone to stop and help me... and I think we're overly paranoid as a society.

    Overly paranoid? Where are you from? lol

    Where I'm from there has been way too many rapes and murders to take that chance. What utopia do you hail from for a woman to think its ok?

    Edit again: And I wouldn't suggest either one of you ladies pick up anymore hitch hiker because you are a pretty women. Just saying, loves. Be paranoid. :flowerforyou: ...not in a good way. Just complimenting both of you pretty ladies beauty.

    Thank you for caring! I wouldn't just pick up anyone though. This was a thru-hiker on the AT that had clearly left the trail to re-supply and was walking several miles back from town to return to the trail. If no one helps the hiker, he/she can waste a whole day of hiking progress just because they needed supplies. It was a genuinely right thing to do. A few minutes of my time saved him 2+ hours of walking, so I'm glad I picked him up.

    And, now that I think about it, this example happened on the morning of my wedding when my maid of honor went to get breakfast. haha!

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