Why has Roseburg become so unneighborly? Genuinely curious, please NO POLITICS.

If anyone reading this gets angry at people for asking for help from a stranger, than feel free to add on to the hatred. I won’t have to be concerned with the hate much longer.

Maybe I’m an asshole, but my family was given a gift card for Walmart as a way of helping us out. This person is aware that I was going to try and offer a portion of it to someone for cash to help pay for fuel. I am disabled, and my wife supports all 4 of us on a small income, but it’s steady work in her chosen profession. We typically make do. Holidays are always hard and of course we spent more than we should of, but who doesn’t. We’re okay, have a roof over our head, full cupboards, and we have the 4 of us.

Sorry for the tangent, but it goes to my question. I’m in my late 40s and I haven’t been out and about a lot in the last 2 years. I don’t remember people being so angry at a simple offer to help each other. I did approach a couple people, mostly if they had pet food. I figure it’s usually kind of spendy, and I just needed to get $40 to put gas in our van so we could make it to Cottage Grove. The nurse at Urgent Care suggested going there after all the times Mercy has failed me.

You would of thought I was asking to buy their first born child. What happened to a simple, nice, “No Thank You”, or “I’d Rather Not”? Is it that bad of a sin to have financial difficulties? I was simply offering to purchase an item they were already intent on purchasing. I even offered a $20 thank you on top of the price of the items.

Am I totally the piece of garbage I was treated like? I am not a rude person, my wife was willing to show ID to ensure the gift card was ours. I’ll never make the mistake of thinking I’m worthy of asking for help again. I’m just genuinely curious if anyone else sees it, or am I really the piece of trash that I felt like?

Not sure if y’all know what trash feels like, but I gotta tell ya’, if you get the chance; I don’t recommend it.

Thanks for reading and let the hatred flow through you. I can’t take it.