yoshi – great post.
– how about the boys that try to open your doors when you stop at stop signs or red lights — one boy kept knocking on my window, finally, I rolled the window down and asked whose lap would he like to sit on.
– how come older men (with gray in their beards) and ladies/girls of all ages have the strength to walk the distance but the boys are all to weak to walk
– once in a store this young man (late teens early 20’s) was being persistent that I give him a ride to the other side of town – even though I explained to him that I can not go there. Finally, I said to him that I have other obligations and cannot assist him at this time to which he replied “who says that your obligations have priority over mine” – I wished him a speedy and complete refuah.
– another episode: years ago I am driving down the street and a woman is waving her hands in a frantic manner, naturally I stopped to see if I could be of assistance. she wanted to send her little boy, maybe 7 or 8 years old with me to his tutor. She didn’t know me, yet it didn’t stop her from putting her kid in my car.