I've always relied on the kindness of strangers

never been in a situation where i either a) necessitated those or b) was foolish enough to do so if i shouldn't have
most i can recall is getting into the cars of friends of friends & ubers, the former being lax but understandable and the latter is a taxi service so
 
ahaha so many times. usually either when i was with someone else or when i'd at least met the person at least briefly beforehand, like people i met at a social event or something (although ofc these people aren't total strangers). it's not massively safe and i've definitely put myself in hypothetically unsafe situations doing this before, but i believe that most of the percieved risk is just superstition.

uber is no safer, by the way. drivers aren't at all security checked. in fact, uber drivers are in a better position than most people to commit pickup-related crimes because they literally get told where their targets are. most of uber's "safety" statements on their website focus on features which improve the quality of the ride or the convenience for drivers and passengers, but state very little about the actual legitimacy of the people driving the cars.
 
nah, i've often thought about it when driving but the situation has never really presented itself. as for uber, that's something i've never used and don't intend on trying either. we've already got a few licensed taxi ranks in place around here which i've used numerous times and trust far more than i would an uber driver.
 
colours said:
I've used a taxi like... once ever and it was my first time using a taxi and it was really weird but the taxi driver seemed like an ok guy and there was nothing about the experience that was bad.

Maybe I'm overthinking things. x.x
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when you say "taxi" you probably mean a legitimate licensed one, not an uber (i.e. unlicensed, driven by whoever feels like it) one - i mean most uber drivers are probably fine too but there's definitely a way higher risk
 
When I fell down and injured my leg a stranger picked me up and took me home, that was nice of em.
 
I've never hitchhiked. I've never been in a situation where I had to tbh. I'd probably be ok with being the hitchhiker but idk if I would feel safe picking someone up.
 
actually yes, this dude that my friend chatted w for about an hour offered to take my friend and i to target to explore. i was thinking hell nah but she said yes so i figured it'd be safer if we both went instead of letting this girl hop into the car w a stranger.

what she didn't tell me is that he wasn't interested in girls, would've felt a little better if i would've known that but still i'll prob never do that again.
 
lol never gotten into that situation but I was at a bus stop and there was this old man trying to get lift but like no one was helping him or stopping by. After watching for 15 min..I was so mad xc I called my friend who lived near the bus stop and told him to bring car. We gave Old man ride to the hospital he wanted to go. Old man was like God bless you my child and damn that feeling ^^
 
Right that quote from Blanche as the thread title is killing me cause I'm studying A Streetcar named Desire at school and it reminds me I'm going back next week kms.

But no I haven't done either of those things.
 
Normally I'd never enter the vehicle of some stranger and I don't recommend it, but there were times when it was necessary for me to do so. I'd also rather walk a few hours than to hitchhike tbh :pink_blankstare:
 
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