Glenn Geib, a 74 year old mechanic, saved Todd Steinkamp’s day by kindly offering to lend his own truck so that Todd could attend a funeral
Todd Steinkamp had spent a long time driving and even had to stop off over night to rest, the next day he would be blown away with the act of kindness he encountered. Todd Steinkamp was having an awful day, he was en route to a funeral when he started having serious car troubles.
“I had to go to a funeral yesterday up by Green Bay, Wisconsin. As it was a long drive I spent the night in La Crosse and then jumped on the road about 5:30am. About 6am I started to hear a slight grind in my left front tire, by 6:30am it had gotten a little louder and by 7am it sounded like a metal on metal crime!.”
Todd was a little panicked as he had been using back roads and was worried he would break down in the middle of nowhere so he pulled over at the next garage auto shop he spotted and went to get help.
“It was a little after 7am when I walked in HOPING someone would be there to help. As I walked in an older gentlemen was putting oil on a shelf as I stupidly asked him “do you work here”? (Of course he worked there….random people don’t just walk into stores and stock shelves).”
“He said he did and asked what was wrong. I told him about the noise and he noticed that I was all dressed up and asked where I was off too? I told him I was from Iowa on my way to a funeral. He paused and said “pull it around back”.”
The mechanic, Glenn, took a look at the truck and confirmed that it was the wheel bearing and that it would take a few hours, but was fixable. Todd asked if there were any car rental places nearby as he needed to get to the funeral which was about 113km away (70 miles). The town was too small so there were no car rental places nearby.
“I must have looked pretty stressed out at this time because Glenn then reached into his pocket, pulled out the keys to HIS own vehicle and said “Take my truck. Fill it up with gas, don’t turn on the emergency lights and get going.” “She’ll do 120mph if you need it to” with a smile on his face. He was giving his own keys to a stranger that he met just TEN MINUTES before this”
Todd gladly took up the offer and drove through to the funeral in the borrowed truck. The truck had a few tools and a pile of split wood in the back but it was a great truck and an amazing act of kindness!
“We sat and talked for a while when I got back as I thanked him and he told me more about himself. Glenn…the 74 year old mechanic with a grip of steel turned a terrible day into a good one with a great lesson…”just be kind and help if you can”
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