An Unexpected Twist To A Good Deed

At my monthly Beta Group luncheon today our speakers were representing a grass roots group called Tucson Gives. At the end of the presentation they tasked each of us with taking a few of the wrapped cake pops they brought and give them away to elicit smiles and goodwill.

I took 3 and quickly gave my first one away to the woman behind the counter when I picked up some photo CDs for work. At Glenn & Swan on my way back to work I saw two older men sitting on the ground under the shade of a big tree so I pulled over and approached them with my last two cake pops. Told them what I was doing and offered the cake pops. They said yes and I asked if I could take their picture to which they obliged.

 What came next was unexpected……they asked for a ride! Oh no, I wasn’t prepared for that. I don’t pick up hitchhikers. Ever. But they just wanted to go to Craycroft and it was obvious I was going that direction and after all, they had just posed for a picture for me. So I helped these two old (kinda smelly….sorry, but it’s true) guys in to my car and gave them a ride. They had very heavy Slavic accents and it was hard to understand them but I know they appreciated the air conditioned ride ~ and the cake pops!

(I felt “okay” doing this since I had evidence on my camera if anything happened!)