Ok. This one happened to me.

I was driving to work one morning on our long country highway, and I saw a motorist stranded on the side of the road. The car appeared to have spun out and gone off road, due to snow and ice, and was now stuck in a snow drift.

Now, I know that there are some dangers to assisting stranded motorists, but where I live, people are pretty helpful. We've all been stuck in the snow at some point, and people will at least stop and make sure everyone is okay and call for help.

Not me though. I was on a mission. I wanted to get to work, and start my projects for the day. Even though I have no specific start time, and could have spared a couple of minutes.

When I got to work, I learned that the charge nurse hadn't shown up for work. Later, she called and told us her car had spun out and gotten stuck. She had seen me go by.

If I had stopped and checked the motorist, I would have seen that it was my charge nurse. I could have given her a ride to work, where she could have called her husband and a wrecker.

Instead, I got to do her work that day, as well as my own. For my sins.

Thanks for the A2A.