As I stepped out of the car the Asian man ran up to me with a somewhat desperate look on his face.
"Would you please give me a jump-start? My battery has died." He then pointed an aisle over to his semi-modern Toyota with his wife inside. Seemingly, or unseemingly, his two prior queries for help were fruitless.
Having just been through my own battery woes earlier in the week my initial annoyance with this man was quickly replaced with empathy.
"You bet", I replied and wheeled over in front of his car. He then pulled out his cables. They appeared to be $8 10 gauge connectors designed for a go-cart.
"Let's use my cables", I commented and saw the surprised look on his face as I immediately pulled my heavy duty 4 gauge cables (Thanks Dad!) out of my trunk. They had been out due to my own aformentioned woes several days prior.
I attached the cables and grimaced reluctantly after he got his car started as he proceeded to detach the cables directly from his car and then accidentally touch the positive and negative together creating a fireworks show of sorts. I quickly detached my side, accepted their gratitude, and Jack and I were off.
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If you must jump a stranger, do it like this: Get the cars together with hoods open. Connect the black cable from his negative terminal to yours. Connect the red cable to his positive terminal. Hold the other end of the red cable in your hands. Say to him: "O.K. Go ahead and start it." When he gets in the car, connect the red end you are holding to your positive terminal. When his car starts, disconnect both wires from your car. Then unhook them from his car.
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- Robson
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