Random woman jumps into a man’s convertible demanding a ride home, he drives her to housing projects while a truck driver follows to make sure he’s safe before scolding him for saying yes in the first place: ‘He was absolutely correct’

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  • A woman jumped into my car (and I'm an idiot but it had a funny ending)

    close up of a woman sitting in convertible car's passenger seat, below her a quote that reads: "She was pretty tweaky but somehow seemed fairly harmless"
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  • I was at a stop sign around lunchtime when a woman on the corner came running over to the passenger side of my car screeching about needing to get home.
  • I was driving a convertible with the top down. She didn't wait for an answer, just swung a leg over the door and plopped herself into the passenger seat saying she'd give me five bucks for gas.
  • She told me she lived in (a nearby low-income public housing project). I knew where it was, about a mile and a half away.
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  • woman sitting in convertible car's passenger seat looking a bit messy
  • She was pretty tweaky but somehow seemed fairly harmless. She never even glanced at me, didn't seem to be plotting something, never said another word.
  • So here's the part where you can all give me sh (please don't downvote me for my stupidity) . . . I figured it was easier to just go a mile and a half out of my way than to deal with the drama of trying to get her out of my car.
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  • My back-up plan for carjackings is to just drive into the first telephone pole I see or rear- end the first police car I spot (airbags FTW!).
  • Better to deal with the aftermath of that than have your body dumped into an alley.
  • woman sitting on top convertible car's back seat, her legs on the back seat.
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  • So I get to the housing project. It was broad daylight, and I was right in front of the main entrance with people around, so I didn't feel in any danger.
  • She hopped out and ran off. I wouldn't have taken the five bucks even if she'd offered, which she didn't, but mostly I was p ed that she left the passenger door open as far as it could go.
  • I got out to go around to close it when an older guy in a silver pick-up pulls up. He put his passenger window down and asked did I know that woman and was I okay?
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  • I replied, "No idea who she is but yeah, I'm fine." He explained that he'd been coming down the street behind me when he saw that woman jump into my car.
  • He followed me to see if anything sketch was going to go down. I was pretty stunned by the thoughtfulness and told him that wow, thanks, that was a pretty awesome thing to do!
  • He said, "I'd have punched that b right outta my truck!" He then pointed a finger at my face and sternly lectured me like I was one of his kids: "DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!" LOL! Yes, sir!
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  • Of course, he was absolutely correct and if it ever happens again (let's hope not), I might just take his advice on the punching part.
  • But just try to imagine the entitlement of jumping into a stranger's car because you need a ride! Honestly, if she'd picked the wrong vehicle, it could have turned out a lot worse for her.

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