I was having a really bad day. My life had just taken a bad turn. I went into a drugstore to pick up a few things. I thought I’d just get a couple things. In a few minutes, my arms were full of stuff.
A nice woman carrying a basket gave me her shopping basket. I was so touched, I could have cried. Normally I would have declined and went to get my own. But that day, I needed help. I don’t remember much else from that moment, but I do remember the kindness.
Have you experienced a random act of kindness from a stranger?
YES Bscotch, and it can hit you ( in a good way ) in our often dog eat dog world. Even more surprising has been the TYPE of person/s who have offered help. Quite varied & unexpected but too much to explain except that the offers of which I speak have been somewhat beyond a simple? 1-2 second assistance. I didn’t take up nor really need some BUT it was the fact that they offered & what they offered lit a little flicker of hope in an oft times unpleasant & selfish world.
Yes,i was struggling with a box of lager i was trying to put in the car boot and a young teenager offered to do it for me,i was so pleased as they get a bit of a raw deal these days,i thanked him of course.
Also i have had men offer to reach shelves for something in the supermarket,we all end up with a smile on our faces,some things are priceless.
Yes one day hubby and I went to the restaurant before going to the movies.
The plan was a nice dinner, than evening shopping and a movie.
The dinner was delicious, and the shopping was fun and when arrived the time to head to the cinema ( which was just a few steps away), we realised we had lost the tickets.
Hubby said he had left them at the table at the restaurant.
We did not even have to go back there, as we soon noticed that at the entrance of the cinema, our waiter was waiting for us, with our tickets in his hand and a big smile on his face. I could not believe it. That was incredible!
Another amazing act of kindness was from my downstairs neighbour that I hardly knew. It was during covid, and he saw me arriving from work by foot from the bus stop, which was very far from our place, and he asked me how come I did not drive my car. I told him that with covid my hubby was stuck in one country and that the car battery was dead and I had no clue at all about how to deal with the whole situation , as I did not know any garage etc… The neighbour told me that he would take care of it, he called two or 3 garages, and ordered a battery for my small mercedes and went to pick it up the following day. He then said he would change it for me and he even went for a test drive with my car to make sure it was ok, again I was without words, to express my gratitude for such an act of kindness.
Yes, I have. One day when a heavy snowstorm had been announced I took the city railway to get to work since I thought it would be more reliable than the car and I wouldn’t get stuck in the snow. It turned out the city train got stuck. I decided to head for the not-too-far away road on which I’d normally drive home hoping that a bus would pick me up after a snow-clearing vehicle had done its job. Arterial roads such as mine are cleared second after the motorways. To my surprise I didn’t have to wait long in the cold and darkness and blowing snow. A car emerged, pulled over, and the driver offered me a lift right to my home.
Years later my wife left her purse with bank card and PIN in a supermarket trolley. Two boys found it, discovered the PIN, withdrew £400 from a nearby machine, and took the cash that was in the purse. A shop assistant became suspicious when she saw the young boys using the ATM and challenged them to tell her what they were doing. She also saw the purse and bank notes. The boys came clean and handed everything over to her. She then found out where we lived, took her car, and returned the cash and the purse .
