Obama stops for hitchhikers while piloting Air Force One all the time.
Via IJR
After being forced to leave work early, Gerhald Acosta began walking home.
As cars continued to pass, he would throw out his thumb, hoping to hitch a ride home from someone.
Acosta told Daily Mail that “25-30 cars had already passed him by without stopping,” until he was finally picked up by a goodhearted Samaritan in a little blue Volkswagen Beetle.
Little did he know, the Beetle belonged to President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, and his wife, Sen. Lucia Topolansky.
About realizing this, Acosta said:
“I couldn’t believe it. The president was giving me a ride.
When I got out, I thanked them profusely, because not everyone helps someone out on the road, and much less a president.”
Before parting ways, the president and his wife allowed Acosta to snap a few pictures as a memento of their short journey together.[…]
Famously known for his humble lifestyle, President Mujica is quoted telling Al Jazeera:
“A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god. He is not the witch doctor of a tribe who knows everything.
He is a civil servant. I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent.”
HT Toothless Dawg