Carpool? Bus? Walk? Bum a ride off a co-worker? You mean she's completely stranded? That can only mean one thing: she lives on a farm 100 miles from the city, and the nearest neighbors are five miles away--and are KKK members to boot, which explains why she's afraid to ask any of them for a lift.
I know nothing about where this women lives, but I know I've lived places where public transportation didn't exist... I'm not going to presume that a woman who hasn't worked in a few weeks over car trouble is inately sucking down society.
If she is an LPN, she's taking care likely of folks in their own homes.. which makes doing the job in an area without GOOD public transportation next to impossible without a car.
So ready to jump to conclusions without knowing all the facts....