A while ago I met a friend of a friend at a party. I’ve heard of her, but never met her. After getting to know her, I find out that she has a high stress, low free time type life. That explains why we haven’t met. I’m someone that loves to helps out friends so we talk for a while and I get her to blow off a little steam. After that, she starts coming out more and more often. Whenever we hung out, she often vented to me. I never minded hearing it as I love to help, but she always insisted on paying me back somehow, usually with buying a few beers or whatever. This goes off and on for a while until tonight when I get an out of the blue message from her.
She was the last one out of her office tonight and her car wont start. She tried calling some friends but everyone was far away, then she remembered I work nearby.
“I’m sorry, I know we barely know each other, but I could really use some help if you’re around.”