For those unaware?

About 5 years ago, got burnt out at my professional job and started ubering.

Love it, but please tip safe drivers. They are not delivering food to a table.

They are risking their life and greatest asset for most (their car) to get you to your destination.

A tale of two people in need

First one was a woman at the QT gas station. I stopped to fill up. She approached me and said her thermostat went out and needed to get a new one at autozone.

She had sad face and looked very distressed.

Seen this play so many times. 53 years old and it is very common at the gas pumps late at night.

Told her, no "cannot help her".

She put her hands on her head and gave a convincing "woe is me" back into the car.

Car stood still until i went into the QT.

I did my business then came back out and got in car.

That girl? The one with broken car?

She was circling the QT parking lot as a passenger with the most pissed off look on her face.

As she passed in front of me, i could see a huge bald spot on the back of her head.

Please bare with me. This was not the mark of a cancer person or maybe it was.

It was a marker of someone that was not a good person. Hard to explain.

Saw it and immediately felt it.

Pure evil.

Two hours later, i meet Christopher. A black homeless guy with a blanket wrapped around his body asking if i can help out.

This is off Lancaster street in fort worth.

He says, im a Navy Vet that got booted from the military for something i did and went to prison.

He further said, going through a rough patch.

I asked him, " what is your mos"

He replied back, a very impressive skill set of duties he did in the Navy.

Then he says, were you Army? No, i replied, just a lot of my family served in Army.

He then said "mos is skill set for army. In navy it is rates."

This guy in a blanket.

I was looking him in the eye and it was opposite of the evil i saw earlier from that girl scamming the people at gas pumps.

i told him there was a bad storm coming in and did he have shelter.

He replied, "thank you for saying that. Had no idea a front was coming through. Have no phone."

Well, i asked him after giving my 5 one dollar bills and about 2 dollars in change, if there was anything else i could do?

He said someone else gave him food earlier and i just gave him some cash.

Nothing else he needs other than blessing.

Asked him if he was good at numbers. He chuckled and said yes. His rates was radar and other technical.

Told him, gonna take you to QT. Same QT as evil lady.

Your spending limit is 30, but ok to get close to 40.

At the end, shook his hand and thanked him for his service.

He said, "it has been so many years since someone like you, shook my hand."

My reply?

"God Bless you, Christopher. Storm is about to hit. Hunker down and hope to see you again."