{"id":152185,"date":"2025-05-26T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodthingsguy.com\/?p=152185"},"modified":"2025-05-26T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:22:44","slug":"petrol-attendant-helps-grandmother-in-a-pickle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodthingsguy.com\/people\/petrol-attendant-helps-grandmother-in-a-pickle\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol Attendant Helps Grandmother in a Pickle!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A kind petrol attendant named Nelson recently helped grandmother Gail out of quite the pickle after she started having tyre troubles along the highway!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Meadowdale, South Africa (26 May 2025) \u2014 <\/em>In late April, grandmother Gail Erwee found herself in a pickle.<\/p>\n<p>Driving along the highway with her 6-year-old grandson, Gail noticed that something wasn\u2019t right with her car\u2019s wheel. It had started making a noise, and soon, the smell of rubber raised Gail\u2019s alarm bells. But, because of her grandson being in the car, she decided it best not to stop along the highway and push forward to get to a garage to sort out her tyre.<\/p>\n<p>Gail managed to get to a petrol station in Meadowdale. It was a relief that she\u2019d been able to get to some place safer than the highway, but it also begged the question, \u2018What to do now?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It was at the same petrol station that this question was answered when she encountered the warmth of a petrol attendant named Nelson Ratabane.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson didn\u2019t just have a friendly smile or comfort to offer Gail. Instead, he ended up becoming her knight in green and blue armour.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cNelson Ratabane, a friendly pump attendant came to my rescue and and assured me that there is no need to wait for help and was prepared to change the flat tyre thus saving us time and money,\u201d Gail tells Good Things Guy.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to Nelson\u2019s act of kindness, Gail\u2019s tyre troubles were swiftly resolved, and the pickle she was in had become a fond memory.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cI would have had to wait at least half an hour for my husband to come and help me,\u201d Gail reflects. \u201c[Nelson] is an asset to his company and the community.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>People like Nelson remind us that help and hope can find us in the form of strangers. A few minutes of our time, a little stretch of going out of our way, and we might just save someone else&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><em>Sources: Email Submission\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Don\u2019t ever miss the Good Things. Download the Good Things Guy App now on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/good-things-guy-news\/id1485106885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.goodthingsguy.app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Do you have something to add to this story? 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In the Good Things Guy podcast, you\u2019ll meet these everyday heroes &amp; hear their incredible stories:<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.iono.fm\/c\/6977?layout=modern\" width=\"100%\" height=\"535\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6><em>Or watch an episode of Good Things TV below, a show created to offer South Africans balance in a world with what feels like constant bad news. We\u2019re here to remind you that there are still so many good things happening in South Africa &amp; we\u2019ll leave you feeling a little more proudly South African.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best News of the Week: 5 Stories That\u2019ll Make You Smile!\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VI8TZhHHcEM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A kind petrol attendant named Nelson recently helped grandmother Gail out of quite the pickle after she started having tyre troubles along the highway! &nbsp; Meadowdale, South Africa (26 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