"Christina Websell" wrote


We have a little bridge under a railway that always floods if we get mega
rain. There will always be someone who attempts it. My neighbour went
out with his 4x4 to tow a car out as a favour. The driver had got out of
the car and was up to his hips in water. My neighbour asked him to go
back into the water to attach the rope to his car. He did. He was then
asked to get back into his car to take the handbrake off, he sat on the
drivers seat and the water came over his lap.
Another right off for the Church Hill road bridge.
And do you know, my neighbour was not thanked. He could have left him
there and let him phone a garage to get him out. It would have cost him
megamoney.

Tweed



So what do you do in this situation - tow him back in?
Certainly leaves you with a hollow "wish I hadn't bothered" feeling when
that happens.
Trouble is the next person (who your friend decides not to bother with) will
most likely be the overflowing-with-gratitude type.

Phil