My previously mentioned hitch hike to Chicago for the 1968 convention brought me face to face with a surprising situation.
My hitch hike to the Chicago area was pretty uneventful once I got out the NYC area. I arrived on one of the Chicago beltways in a pretty big rain storm, so got out of my last ride about 2:00 a.m. at a rest stop. I didn't think it would be cool to hitch on the rest area exit, so stood in the rest stop building trying to figure my next move. I saw a middle aged guy get out of a phone booth, and when he reached the door, I asked him if he was going to Chicago. He said yes and he would give me a ride.
I got in his big black car....something like a Buick. Down the rainy road we went. Pretty soon it became obvious to me he was drunk. His speech was slurred and all over the place and so was his driving. I was just thinking how I could ask him to let me off, without getting him angry and unpredictable. While I was working out my words, he turned to me and made the following offer:
I'll give you $5.00 for oral sex. (BTW those were not the words he used.) I was really caught by surprise. I knew I didn't want to rile him up. So I just said, "I'm not into that." Silence. More Silence. He didn't get mad\. So after a few more minutes, I just said to him, "Could please just let me off here." Again, luckily, he did.
I didn't know (or know today) many people have been so propositioned. And on top of it, $5.00 seemed pretty darned cheap.
I stood in the rain outside Chicago getting over my surprise. But mostly I was relieved nothing worse occurred in that car. The most likely outcome was a crash given his driving. The second most likely was him getting mad....and who knows?
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