I was asked by one of my colleagues to write this particular blog today. You see, I am one of those weird people who believes you should always help out a stranger in need. Well, keep in mind I live in Hollywood, CA and let me tell ya we have some “strangers” here.
So I am out walking with my wife and we are pushing our kids in the stroller, it’s about a 95 degree day. As we are walking up the street I notice this woman in a wheel chair who happens to be blind. I should also note, she appears downtrodden and seems to weigh in at 300lbs. I could also see she may not bathe on a regular basis. As we walk pass, she asked me, “excuse me sir, could you help me out.” I immediately stopped and asked her what could I do for you? She replied, “would you mind pushing me to the grocery store so I can get some food”. I knew of the grocery store she spoke of, it was a solid three blocks away. I turned looked at my wife, smiled and replied to the lady and said, “sure.”
As I reached over and grabbed the hand grips of the wheelchair I noticed the grips were warm and greasy. I have weak gag reflex, so in my mind I was telling myself to remain strong and lets just get this done. A couple of things come to mind at this point, one is I will remind you that it is 95 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. As we begin to head to the grocery store, we were on a slight downgrade it was then it dawned on me what I had gotten myself into..greasy hand grips and a 300lb woman, and since I was “downwind” I was greeted by a constant waffing of her body odor (did I mention its 95 degrees?). I then began to pick up speed as I desperately tried to hold on with all my might and my wife is now chasing me with two kids in a stroller.
At this point I am concerned as we were approaching a four way traffic stop and by my calculations I’m going to have to get this wheelchair to stop cause the light is red. In my head I’m like, my God I don’t want to kill this lady, it was at that moment she turned over her shoulder and said “think we’re going too fast, we should probably slow down”… So with all my might, grasping on to greasy hand grips, sweating profusely I let out a big grunt, like power lifters do at weight lifting competitions. Low and behold I got the wheelchair to stop, it wasn’t perfect cause we jumped the curb and she nearly fell out. But, we were stopped! Light turns green and I proceed to push her to the grocery store where she thanked me over and over.
Sometimes when you decide to help strangers you never know what you’re gonna get.
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