Tuesday, 10 February 2009

I Knew I Could be a Good Person!

So yesterday this asian guy comes to my front door trying to get me to sign up for some 'Save the Poor Children of the World' thing. I'd rather spend my monies on the 'Save the Poor Jake Hammells of the World' instead, so I declined.
Plus I want to go Europe and get drunk with some German girls at Oktoberfest, and that's expensive. I'm quite certain the poor and destitute children of Ethiopia would understand.


The guy was a poor salesman as well, his whole pitch was basically "Wanna donate to this cause? I only dropped its name once so you probably won't remember it later."
To which I replied "Na, I don't want to do that."
He said "Are you sure? It's cheap, and there's no commitment"
"Nope, sorry dude. You won't guilt me into saving children with five easy payments of my pocket change."
"Come on man. Save the children."
"What about my children?"
"You have kids?"
"Yeah." Then I raised my fists and said "Good old Barnes and Nobles here!"

And I beat him mercilessly.

Just kidding!

The Asian guy probably knew martial arts so I didn't screw around. In fact, this may be hard to believe, but I made up and dramatized most of that conversation. After I completely shot him and poor people down, I shook his hand and wished him luck. He spun around just before I closed the door and said,

"Hey man, do you have some gloves or something I could buy? My hands are freezing!"

They certainly were freezing. The things were purple! Now, I may not be good at saving starving kids in Africa, but I am good at dressing people for winter weather! So I said,

"Hoo-ey! Git' on in hurr boy!" and went to fetch him my spare pair of winter gloves. I know have a nice pair of leather ones somewhere (they're lost in my bedroom, work office, or car) so I didn't mind giving him my shitty ten dollar ones. I had already splooged all over them anyway so they were a little crusty.

Just kidding!

I didn't spunk on them, but I did give the poor fella some gloves. He was seriously underdressed for winter (even though it was only like -8, what a wuss). I was glowing inside for at least an hour, but then I remembered that I had lost my nice leather gloves and that's why I had my crappy ones close by. I know the leather ones are around, but I don't know where. And it's not springtime in Alberta anymore, so I actually needed those gloves.

I really should have taken money for ones I gave away instead of being a nice guy. Oh well, chances are I would lose those gloves before next winter anyway.
So I just wanted to share with all of you that I'm not such a horrible person after all. Every now and then I do nice things for people. Now I want all of you who read this to tell me about a good deed you've done recently for a stranger. Maybe we can start a pay it forward thing!

That includes stabbing Haley Joel Osment like at the end of Pay it Forward.



Some Postman -
The Presidents of the United States of America

8 comments:

Nai said...

Soo, good deed I've done for a stranger. . .

I stopped in a horrible snow storm and helped a guy out who was stuck. Probably shouldn't have been driving, and did almost hit him, but I called someone for him on my cell and waited around until he got a ride.

Anonymous said...

I didn't give a crack whore 3000 dollars, so she could probably buy more crack... :) Or was that you?

-Your Favorite Ex-Roomate Steve

Anonymous said...

I gave a girl in Dublin 1 Euro for the bus so her and her child could get a ride home

-Whitney Jones, the love of your life

Chelsea Ribbon said...

These are really funny comments.. Especially Steve's... I'm sooo sure he didn't give a crack whore $3000 haha; nice try though.

Anyway, Jake, you are a very good man for giving a cold man mitts. 3/4 of that money would go to the organization anyway.

If you really want to help poor children in Africa or where ever, you should just go to Africa with a knapsack of wonders and drop it off. Skip the middle man!

As for my good deed? I pick up hitch hikers. All of them. Every one I see! No questions asked. One day, it might be me hitch hiking, so I always keep that in mind.

Jake Hammell said...

UPDATE, FEB 12th:
I found my leather gloves. One of my roommates had been kind enough to put them in the coat closet where everyone else in the house puts their winter clothing.
EXACTLY WHERE I WOULD NEVER PUT MY WINTER CLOTHING OR THINK TO LOOK FOR IT.

sheesh

Anonymous said...

So glad you found your gloves-now I don't have to worry about my nephew's fingers freezing. If I used Canada Post it would be summer before they arrived. As for random act of kindness, today I made your Uncle a cherry pie. He's not a stranger though, just a little strange!! LOL Ok as for as stranger this lady carrying a baby and holding hands with a toddler arrived at the top of the escaltor the same time as me. I asked if she'd like me to hold the toddler's hand while we all went down & since I am rather motherly or perhaps I should say grandmotherly looking I guess, she said yes please. He wasn't even one bit scared of me!
Aunty Pat

Nai said...

Your Aunty Pat's comment is fantastic. My good deed for today, not beating my roommates silly for asking me to cook!

(I only like cooking when i want to cook, not when i'm asked. but you know this)

Jake Hammell said...

I appreciate that my Aunt reads my blog, but if that's the case I should keep the jokes about my man-seed to a minumum.