Another Monday Morning
You feel like you have been attempting to catch a ride for AGES when FINALLY a man in a large truck pulls over. He looks gruff, unkempt, with his oily skin, bristly black beard and squinty eyes. "Whadyawant?" he rasps.
"I need a ride, please. My uh car.." you falter.
He looks at your water logged car, his face still a blank mask. Nods, jerks his thumb to indicate the space behind him. "It's seen better days. Yeah. Jump in. Where are you headed?"
"That depends. Where is the nearest town? I need a phone."
He laughs gruffly. "Not THAT close! You got three choices. Coopers Crossing: a ghost town, but you MIGHT get lucky. Arrowtown: it's a long way but you'll find the facilities you need. Or we can keep going straight ahead to a new development, possibly even a mall, called Wheatons. Or so I've heard, don't know how far away it is." You think you hear a muffled voice calling for help somewhere in the back of the trunk. Also, you can see he has a VERY nasty looking dog sitting in the front passenger seat and he looks hungry. What to do?
Coopers Crossing, (the ghost town)
Arrowtown
or
Wheatons (that may even have a mall IF his information is correct)
OR
Forget about THIS guy! Him and his dog seem vicious! Give him some excuse and continue to hitch hike?
"I need a ride, please. My uh car.." you falter.
He looks at your water logged car, his face still a blank mask. Nods, jerks his thumb to indicate the space behind him. "It's seen better days. Yeah. Jump in. Where are you headed?"
"That depends. Where is the nearest town? I need a phone."
He laughs gruffly. "Not THAT close! You got three choices. Coopers Crossing: a ghost town, but you MIGHT get lucky. Arrowtown: it's a long way but you'll find the facilities you need. Or we can keep going straight ahead to a new development, possibly even a mall, called Wheatons. Or so I've heard, don't know how far away it is." You think you hear a muffled voice calling for help somewhere in the back of the trunk. Also, you can see he has a VERY nasty looking dog sitting in the front passenger seat and he looks hungry. What to do?
Coopers Crossing, (the ghost town)
Arrowtown
or
Wheatons (that may even have a mall IF his information is correct)
OR
Forget about THIS guy! Him and his dog seem vicious! Give him some excuse and continue to hitch hike?