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Originally Posted by RoninLB
The more populated an area the less they help. Too many rats in the cage.
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no, the farther you get from the East and West coast. People in the midwest and especially the south stop to help you, for example.
When I finished my residency I was driving a POS ford tempo with crappy tires. Was changing a tire and 5 people stopped before I was done. Pretty much if there was not some one sitting in their car/truck asking to help, there was somebody pulling over, last guy even offered me a beer from the cooler in the back of his truck(this was in Texas).
When I moved to CA, I was out doing housecalls(yeah, I am the guy who still does that) on the way home traffic was really backed up at this busy intersection. After the third signal change, I get close enough to the fron to see a car with the hood up. It was June, and 110* out. I pulled around her, parked my car and offered to help. She says she is on the way to buy a new battery, just got paid, and needs a jump, she even has cables. I say great, lets push you out of the street. I get behind her car, the light changes, some other guy runs up and helps me push her into the gas station(he had AZ plates on his car) He asks if I have it covered, then splits. Lady was about 40, and looking pretty fried from the heat. I ask how long she was there and she says a few hours. People just honked and yelled at her to get out of the way. Hood up, 110*, woman alone and they just ******* honk, nobody stops. She was asking if I work at the hospital, I tell her when I can't avoid it yeah, I am a doc. She was flabbergasted.
Lot of douchebags moved to California while I was in Texas, perhaps they were already here, but the stark contrast of southern hospitality vs Californian Douchebaggery just makes it seem that way.