After spending my afternoon cleaning the garbage left in an abandoned apartment, I loaded up my truck. With a huge box of garbage in the bed, I headed up Lombard when the last thing I needed to happen, happened: The trash flew out of my truck bed and spread over both lanes. Fuck. I backed up my truck and jumped out, and then something amazing happened: People from three cars got out and hurriedly helped pick up all the trash. This wasn’t paper trash, it was food and shit. It was garbage. And these weren’t 50-year-old hippie do-gooders, these were all young people. A twentysomething white guy in a baseball cap, two young girls, one with purple hair, and a twentysomething African American hipster. The whole mess was cleaned up in about 60 seconds with all their help. I thanked them all and they all essentially said “no problem” and got back into their cars, seemingly unaware of the HUGE favor they just did for a total stranger. As I drove away I actually got a little teary-eyed as I said out loud, “GOD I FUCKING LOVE PORTLAND.” Thanks for renewing my faith in humanity (or at least Portland’s humanity).—Anonymous
I, Anonymous
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YAY! I love people. I’ve lived all over, and I’ve found people everwhere help when needed.
Ha. Nice. I guess the normal polesmokers won’t be able to comment “quit whining” on this one like they ALWAYS do.
There are 20 something African American hipsters? NOOOOO! Oh well, people helped you. Thats nice
I said the same thing when I saw someone on a bike run into a car mirror in fall over. 4 cars pulled over to ask if he was ok.
I wrecked my bike on Alberta once and people came out of the woodwork to help. Pretty rad actually.
yeah, i wiped out on a scooter in the rain about 15 years ago and nearly everyone in the tri-county area (it seemed) stopped to help and ask if i was ok. it was a while before i realized they couldn’t hear me answering through my helmet and took it off – i think i was a little rattled. but wow, yeah. days like that restore my faith in humanity for sure.
i fell off my bike and got a concussion on burnside..when i woke up some dude was trying to steal my wallet…secure your load douche
When did this turn into “I, Awesome?” BERF.
i felt the same way when the nice person at safeway said, “are you finding everything ok?”
Yeah! Suck on that Seattle!