Nice story to read. Double whammy as you would have felt good as the recipient of the kindness & the young chap would have also felt good because he 'done good'

Pay it forward :)

I had a similar incident a few years back on my way via the back way from Litchfield to Darwin.
I had pulled over with a flat rear tire and within minutes a young local pulled up behind me and changed it for me..
was a real pleasant surprise.

Thanks for posting this story Bob. All too often we read of the opposite behaviour and this is a refreshing change.

Last week whilst travelling from Lightning Ridge to St.George (Qld) I passed over a dead kangaroo and felt a bump, when I arrived at St.George Caravan Park i noticed the elbows and last foot or so of both sullage outlets missing and the pipes damaged. The manager of the park gave me the name of a plumber (Scott's Plumbing) to ring, he said bring it around at 10 am in the morning and I will see what I can do, he got under the van had a look and went out the back of his shed looking for the correct size of pipes and fittings and proceeded to fix it, I said do you want me to come back in a couple of hours, he said "No, I will do it while you wait". He got under, cut the pipes to fit, got out his gas burner and glue and presto, half an hour later allfinished.

I was expecting to pay anything up to $200 as it was an emergency job and he was the boss and had other things to do, not to mention I was a 'blow in' that he probably would never see again, when I went to pay him he said " Just make it $30 mate", I nearly fell over with surprise and amazement and said "that' s not enough"' I gave him $50 and told him to have a beer on me and both of us were very happy with the outcome.

A top bloke and a real country gentleman...thanks again Scotty!!!

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