# A Big Thank-you to All Who Work Today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-thank-you-to-all-who-work-today/977082 "2022-12-25T17:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-thank-you-to-all-who-work-today/977082/9 "2022-12-25T22:26:52Z")
Here’s my little Good Samaritan story from 3 years ago. I re-read it each year: > [@Good Samaritans on Christmas Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-samaritans-on-christmas-eve/845391): > > I had the day off, but Mrs P was working until 3 pm. I left home after 2:30 to pick her up. I’m driving along one of the main downtown streets and go into the turning lane to turn towards her building, about a block away. Then I smelt a stinky oily electrical smell and thought “I hope that’s not my car.” Just as I’m thinking that, there’s a “bang”, the red oil and battery lights come on, and the car stops dead at the edge of the intersection. This is not good. I put on the flashers and pop t… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-thank-you-to-all-who-work-today/977082)._