Originally Posted by
david58
Attitude is not good. But, did you ask him for the money? Or did he dig and then make the statement?
I would have given him the tube, a-hole or not. I don't want to let a jerk ruin my day, and (selfishly) it would have been best for me to have just tossed him the tube.
The dialog went like this:
Me: Need some help?
Him: Got a spare 700 tube?
Me: Yeah, I do
Him: Got change for a $10?
Me: No, I'm not carrying any money.
Him: I'm not paying $10 for a tube.
I shrugged and rode away.
FWIW, by trade I'm Mr Fixit. If I see somebody broke down on the road, whether car or bike, I stop to see if they need help. I've been helped by complete strangers more often than I've been able to summon help from "friends". In this instance, we were less than a mile from a Walmart so the guy probably decided to walk a bit instead of wasting $4.