1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Coworker cancels his wedding for his son's funeral, so I 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: decide to change his life. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 2: Man like, just bad luck, the most insane amount of 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 2: bad luck for this poor guy. 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: A series of unfortunate events. Yes, my coworker recently lost 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: his car. Don't know the details, probably broke down or something. 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: So he had to cancel his own wedding for his 8 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: son's funeral last weekend. So he lost his car. Yeah, 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: he lost his son and now he's not getting married. Yes, wow, 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: that starts off right, like geez, he's in a really 11 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: shitty spot. I don't think this guy is one of 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: those makes someone feel sorry in order to take advantage 13 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: of them type. So I was already kind of half 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: assed looking around at newer cars, waiting for a deal 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: for a few months, but not needing one asap. When 16 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: I hear this guy who is ubering to work every day, 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: I was like, holy shit, I just gotta go ahead 18 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: and pull the trigger on a new to me car 19 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: and give him my old car. 20 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 2: Beautiful, that's a great idea, this. 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: Op he's freaking nice. 22 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 2: A ohp, he's great. 23 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: I've decided I'm going to do it, but I have 24 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: no idea how to do it. I want to preserve 25 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: his dignity, so I'm not going to make a big 26 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: show of it. In fact, I really don't like the 27 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: fact that our coworkers will figure it out when they 28 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: see him driving my car. I don't feel like I'm 29 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: doing it for self aggrandizement. Everything just happened to line 30 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: up where I can really help this guy. Yeah, it 31 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: makes sense. So what I would have done with this 32 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: car is I would have donated to NPR because I 33 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: wouldn't get much trade in and I don't want to 34 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: hassle like with you know, all the selling and stuff, right. 35 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 2: And because op he's a nude. 36 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: So how should I approach this? What is the most 37 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: graceful way to give this to him and refuse payment 38 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: to be offers? And I don't want it to be weird. 39 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I know can only control my side of things, 40 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: But if there are some things I can say or 41 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: do that would make it easier, I'd appreciate some insights. 42 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: I think Opie's overthinking it a little bit. 43 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: What do you think you should do? 44 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: Uh, give him the car? 45 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: I think paint the car a new color and then 46 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: like a misdor beast it and just like give at 47 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: him and. 48 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: Yeah that we should go all the way. And it's like, hey, 49 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: let to make a YouTube video. 50 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: Let's go about to millions of people. 51 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, this guy locks down and I had to cancel 52 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 2: his wedding. So now I'm giving him a car, a 53 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: brand new car to him to him. 54 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: That's my old car. Yeah, but there is an update. 55 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: John Oh. So I showed up right as he was 56 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: walking across the lot to his truck to leave for 57 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: the week. Why does he have a truck? I ran 58 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: up and it was like, hey, how you holding up? 59 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: He sighed heavily and said I'm getting through it because 60 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: I must get through it. 61 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 2: Wow, poor guy. 62 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: I asked, have you come to a solution for your 63 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: car problem? And he said again, and he sighed again 64 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: and said yeah. The solution is that I must have 65 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: one and can't afford another. We're about twenty yards away 66 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: from employee parking and he could see both my cars. 67 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: So I said, well, this weekend, I bought that car 68 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: point to a new car. So now I would like 69 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: to give you this one, point to an old car. 70 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: He was absolutely speechless. So I kind of started talking 71 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: fast and it was like I couldn't find the title. 72 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: It's in my closet somewhere, but I have all the 73 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: necessary paperwork you need to bring to the Iowa Dot 74 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: Department of Transportation to transfer it into your name. I'll 75 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: pay for a replacement title if I can't find it, 76 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: and it's overdue for an oil change, so i'll get 77 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: that done this week while you're out too. I'll leave 78 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: the keys on my desk so you have them if 79 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: you get back after I leave on Friday. I attempt 80 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: to look into his eyes, but his mask has foxed 81 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: his glasses, and I continue, Yeah, they only offered me 82 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: ninety eight dollars for the car, and I didn't think 83 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: it was worth it, and I didn't really want a 84 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: hassle of selling it online. Also, I don't have the 85 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: space at home to keep it, so I thought to myself, 86 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: why not let your coworker have it. So here we are, 87 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: he began shaking. It's fifteen degrees, so I'm getting pretty 88 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: cold at this point, and I start hopping a little. 89 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: So would you take the car please? I ask, by 90 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: way of concluding the offer and requesting some kind of feedback. Immediately, 91 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: he grabbed me around the shoulders and pulled me in 92 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: for a long, strong hug. He is openly weeping into 93 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: my hair. Now he is saying something, but my scarf 94 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: is muffling his words. But I let him hang on 95 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: until he decides to pull back. Finally, he removed his 96 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: glasses and he looked me in the eyes and said, 97 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: you have changed my life with this gift. I cannot 98 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: describe what you have given me, So of course I 99 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: started crying and we hugged again. Then he said, I 100 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: must be freezing and I am going to go into 101 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: the office immediately, so I did. He sat out in 102 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 1: his truck for a while before finally leaving for the week, 103 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: and I feel content that he did not insist on 104 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: haggling over money. Perhaps if he decides later to bring 105 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: it up, I will entertain what he has to say, 106 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: But for now I am well satisfied with how this 107 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: turned out. Now I just had to fine the damn title. 108 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 2: Yes, amazing, You're a good deed for the day op truly, 109 00:04:55,279 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: Although the truck is confusing. At this truck from maybe 110 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 2: maybe it's like maybe it's like a work truck or something. 111 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe it's a work truck. 112 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: And then it's like, oh, he doesn't have a personal 113 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: vehicle heading for himself, but damn good d O P 114 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: Yeah you rock.