I am never helping anyone again

[customersruinmylife]

I was walking to work when a man called me over to him. He had parked his van on some grass and its tyres had completely sunk into the mud,

M: Please could you help me push it out? It just won't budge.
Me: Oh....I don't know, I have to be at work in a few minutes.
M: Please, I'm really desperate.
Me: Oh....Ok then.

I have absolutely no upper body strength, so I wasn't very optimistic that I could do it. I started pushing the van while he sat with his foot on the accelarator. It was hard work, and by some miracle, I managed to push the van out the mud!

I was quite proud of my achievement. For about one second.

The guy sped off out of the mud. No thank you, nothing. But he did manage to leave at a speed that was enough to cover me from head to toe in mud!

I had to call work and tell them I would be really late, and went home to take a shower and get changed.

[LillFilly]

Almost sounds like a set-up or something. It was nice of you to help though.

[MoonCat]

What a jackass he was! Probably deliberately drives through puddles so he can splash pedestrians on the sidewalk, too.

[Dave1982]

I don't blame you, CRML. That sucks.

[Sapphire Silk]

What an ass.

Rocking the vehicle back and forth (forward then reverse) gently will usually get a non 4WD vehicle out of mud. Pushing the gas just digs it in deeper.

Found this out the hard way when I got my own car stuck in the mud years ago.

[Amina516]

What an @$$hole!

Im sorry.

I hope work was understanding.

[chainedbarista]

wow, i'm sorry you were treated that way. it does make it harder to want to help others out when morons like that take advantage of your kinder, gentler side, only to be total ingrates.

bastards...