yesterday, why do i always do this, I tried to rescue an animal and it turned into a nightmare. Like my friensd ruth says "janice YOU don't NEED to rescue animals" but I cant help myself. I got a free scotty, purebred, for a lady at work looking for a dog and had to keep him a week. Yesterday I had to drive 40 miles to meet her and hand off the dog at a freeway offramp area. I could see I was on empty but getting close, and she drove off with the dog just as I pulled up to the pumps to get gas to go home on. It was only then I realized I had left my wallet containing everything in my husbands truck. There I was 40 miles from home. No drivers license, no credit cards, no money. I did have a checkbook tho.
I went in the gas station and explained my dilemma and asked could I write a check for 5 bucks worth of gas. He said no and gave me a long lecture on how I could get in trouble for driving without a license. He said it was a violation of store policy to accept a check. But he could have accepted it personally. I walked across the street. Same deal. With this one I asked to speak to the manager and they called her at home. I said I would mail her TEN dollars cash if she would let me write a five dollar check. nope. I offered to write a fifteen dollar check for five dollars of gas. nope. I walked down the street to the third gas station. As I walked in the door two people were having one of those conversations about jesus that people do in public sometimes, you know, one of those "I am just so proud and happy I have Jesus in my life," blah blah. I started explaining my dilemma to the woman behind the counter. She said no. I said "look, I'm desperate here. I try to help people all the time, it just seems so unfair that here I am, desperate, reduced to begging and I cant even get anybody to loan me five bucks for gas, do I look like a bum or something,:" I was just so frustrated and desperate. Whereupon the christian people, one of them said "I would give you some money but I only have two bucks" and the other one "you dont have someone you can call" whereupon I sorta had a meltdown and said "look, you should consider being a christian OUTSIDE the doors of your church sometime..." and walked out feeling desperate, scared, hurt, helpless. I walked up to a man driving a garbage truck, stated my case and he said "here's five bucks, are you sure it will get you home? Here..." digging in his pockets. I wrote him a check for ten bucks. And I am out there in the parkinglot like a panhandler while the christians and the store clerk are standing out there wagging their tongues and heads about it all. Just my perspective. I have bitter feelings about church people and its from my experiences like this. I'm sorry, but what woud jesus do... I know this is offtopic but I just wish people would think about it sometimes when others ask for help. Its not easy for some to ask. janice-- yipie tie yie yo
