# How big a reward would you give this Good Samaritan?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 21, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-reward-would-you-give-this-good-samaritan/735366 "2015-10-21T17:14:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-reward-would-you-give-this-good-samaritan/735366/61 "2016-02-08T18:55:24Z")

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> [@scootergirl](#):
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> Maybe I missed it in all of the posts - what would you do for Jake, **Skald**?

My wife & I have enough in savings to support the family for six months if we were both out of work. (Currently only I work.) Assuming she agreed, I’d give him a sixth of that. But then, I have good insurance.

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-reward-would-you-give-this-good-samaritan/735366/62 "2016-02-08T19:02:54Z")

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I would ask the parents of that guy I rescued in the snowmobile accident to give him a job and fix up his cabin.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-reward-would-you-give-this-good-samaritan/735366/63 "2016-02-08T20:00:10Z")

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I’d be sure to replace all the supplies he expended on me and then some. I’d offer him our guest room till the thaw. I’d do what I could to help him find another job in place of the one he lost because of me. And I’d probably offer him a check for maybe half of my monthly income, since I have a savings cushion.

Too late to offer to name my first-born after him - she’s 30 and I’m well beyond squeezing out another…

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