i normally try to help stranded car folks just because fuckin sucks in the middle of nowhere, man, so i'm used to, like.... getting 20-50 bucks depending

which isn't the point, but it is nice, y'know

..........these tourists happily trooping through the middle of nowhere (well, not so happily, we've had some fuckin freezing winds today, so watching them try to hitch with their little thumbs up was sad) decided to one up all prior strandees immediately

i have an extra $130 now

Central Nevada is the ONLY place I'm willing to pick up Hitchhikers.

Because getting stuck out there in any weather can be a death sentence.

it is literally always "fuck we didn't realize how far away the gas stations were"

but yeah - like one of the groups i picked up when it was still summer were like a group of maybe college boys?

.............and i saw them with their shirts tied around their heads, covered in sweat, desperately trying to push their car up the road

and mostly, to my eyes, kind of pushing it into the hills

Yep...

If someone CAN save themself, I will generally let them. But in Nevada, you just CAN'T.

yeah and - i know i often say i'm in the middle of nowhere, which is still true, but it is a major busy road lmao. i'm not doing anything on a deserted stretch of dirt at midnight

You're in the middle of nowhere, but at an oasis in the middle of nowhere.

Happening across a poor guy trying to Hitchhike in the mountains when snow is starting to fall 20 miles north of Hawthorne, that poor guy may be doomed without you. XD

yeah i don't know how long that couple were sticking up their thumbs, but i did see like three cars pass them before i came up on them lmao

Europeans have a knack of underestimating the climate and size of the US. I worked in a major city in downtown, and even then we had people be like "how do I get to...?" and telling them how far it was kind of baffled them. so I worry about your Scandinavians. glad they had someone to help if they bit off more than they could chew of the US

lmao yeah, i gave some recommendations to the girl while the guy ran off to the dollar store like "alright so it's getting real dark real quicker this time of year, so i'd recommend staying the night in town rather than driving dark, you got options, next place is like an hour away" etc