Some of my favorite (or at least most durable) memories are from giving hitchhikers rides. I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, and the pandemic really put a damper on that, but I've given ~20 people rides over the years and never regretted it.

Although, you definitely hear some tough stories that way.

I wrote about the ones I can remember here: https://opposite-lock.com/topic/45077/hitchhikers-over-the-y...