tmfun post - dishwashers, trucks and boxes

[MoseyWalker]

I am posting because, well, I think it's important. Apologies to tmfun, but I gave you a chance!

I just bought a new dishwasher.

With my truck parked outside my door, I went out to smoke. Some guy came by and asked if he could please have the box from the dishwasher to live in. Of course, I let him have the box. The guy spoke almost no English but I speak some, limited Spanish. Yeah, he was probably an illegal alien. I gave him the box, a blanket, a pad to sleep on and $20.00. Frankly, I don't care what country or background this guy came from, I have an abundance and this guy is grateful for a box. How pathetic is that, in our "richest nation on earth?"

Don't get me wrong. I live in downtown San Jose, California. I get hit up 15 to 20 times a day for cigarettes or change. My general attitude is "Fuck you, get a job. That's how I can afford smokes!, I work!" This was different. The guy, in his limited English, asked for the box off my truck so he could have a place to sleep this evening. The very fact that this happens in my country makes me cry, and I am a tough as nails, 56 year old construction worker.

Jesus Christ! How far have we sunk.