Acts of kindness

Mrs_Ryan

I posted some of the kind things other people have done for me earlier in the thread but I try my best to help other people as well.
When I worked in a hotel, a Scandinavian man and his family came in looking for a room. We were full as were most of the hotels in the North East, but it was a Friday night and fairly quiet so I spent the best part of an hour calling all over the place until we found them a room near Carlisle. They were booked in for the following night and the chap was very grateful, when he returned the following night he brought me a bottle of wine to say thank you for trying so hard for him!
Also I had a lady come to the desk frantic as she needed to call her husband in Spain and she had no mobile and couldnt find a working phone. Our hotel phones were blocked from calling international numbers so I gladly gave her my own PAYG mobile. She called her husband (who was quite elderly and had been worried about her) she must have been on the phone for all of a minute, but insisted on giving me four pounds. The call cost all of about 20p and I did protest this but she was so grateful she insisted I keep it.
When I was at uni I was travelling home on the coach to see my Mum and an elderly lady got on at Mansfield, accompanied by member of staff from the bus station who explained to the driver that she had had an accident on the bus and hit her head quite badly.
An older lady near me sat with her and when we stopped at a service station, asked several people if they could sit with this lady while they went to get her a drink. No-one wanted to know, and it was only then I heard (I'd had earphones in so didnt hear the lady asking) I explained I was a student nurse and I would be happy to sit with her. The other lady was very grateful and I sat with the poorly lady, talking to her and persuading her to try and stay awake, and tending to the headache and small head wound she had received.
It became clear to me that the lady was quite poorly so when the other lady came back, she went to speak to the driver and asked him to call an ambulance for her. An ambulance arrived and the other lady spoke to the paramedics, and she got back on and asked me if I'd get off to bring the icepack off or something.
When I got off, she explained that I was a student nurse and I had been looking after the lady and the paramedics thanked me for looking after her, and when she had gone off in the ambulance the other lady thanked me as well.
I always think its nice to do good things for people. As I said, some of the stories in this thread truly restore my faith in human nature.

Frankie100

Somebody once shown me an act of kindness and Im pleased to say I returned this act with my own act of kindness back to him.
About 5 years ago I was raising awareness for a young girl who was abducted by her father and was taken to Algeria,her mum didnt have a clue on where she was,at the time this little girl was just 7 years old.
So one night I went on to a forum board and asked if there was any kind souls who could help me make a video about this child and get it put on You Tube to raise awareness.
A lad called Liam answered my plea and said he would try to do one for me so I told him the story of what had happened to this young child.
A week later he emailed me a link and asked if it was ok.
I cried and cried when I watched the video,the video told the story from start to finish,he added parts of the little girls mum doing tv interviews,pictures of the little girl and many other things with the most beautifull music in the background,it was so professional and I felt he did this as a buisness.
I got back to him and thanked him so much and told him how much we all appreciate his kindness.I offered to pay for his time but he was having none of it so I told him I would meet up with him and buy him a good drink as a thank you.
He said that wont be possible as he is only 16 years old and his mum wouldnt like that!
I kept in touch with this young lad and got to know him quite well in his emails.Now it was clear to see his aim in life was to become a professional dj,he did this voluntary at his local hospital and in all his emails he always mentioned his one wish in life.
Although he was still at school he had a little part time job to help his mum out but one day he was telling me about a very special dj course that was happening at his local college and his one wish would be to find another job so he could pay for this course as it would definatly help him having this under his belt.The cost of the course was £400.
Now in those days I was ok for money and had saved a few hundred pound for a rainy day,I remember the video he made and decided to help him do this course so I offered him the money so long as he asked his mum if it would be ok for me to send him the money.
He was absolutly gobsmacked and after a bit of persuading he finally said yes.
He passed with flying colours and was so very happy having this under his belt.
He made a promise to me that when he makes it on Radio 1(that was his goal) he would dedicate the very first record he plays to me,somehow I think hes going to make it,in fact Im sure he will.
He shown his kindness and I was happy to return it back to him.So in the future if you ever listen to Radio 1,listen out for a new lad called Liam who dedicates his first song to a lady in Manchester,that will be me!

WickyWickyWa

Hi

I had already posted some stuff yesterday, but when I got home and told my wife about this thread, she reminded me of another one.
When in Kenya last year to see my wife's family we had gone to have our youngest daughter christened at a family home in a village in the country. While we were there, there was a sudden downpour and we headed back fairly late in our hired car with our driver and my wife's sisters and our 2 young daughters. We got stuck in the mud on one of the mud roads in the pitch black. My wife was panicking as we was out in the villages at night, I am white and she was thinking we were an easy target for bad people.
Anyway, the driver was struggling to get the car out and I couldn't easily help as my pasenger door was blocked by the mud-bank at the side of the road and they didn't think it was a good idea for me to get out and make myself obvious. First one man stopped and tried to help, then another, then another, until there were about 15 guys literally lifting (shunting) the car with us in out of the mud and back to the road. A lot of the guys fell and slipped in the mud, but all the time they were laughing a singing (like a chain-gang song) and none complained.
Once out, my wife gave some money out and most of the guys wanted to shake my hand (white men are rare in that part of the country) and we eventually got back to our apartment safely.

I have to say that Kenyans are the kindest, most helpful people I have met and remind me of the values my parents taught me and we seemed to have more of in this country 20odd years ago. Although, reading this thread I think maybe we just heard more about them then. Now-a-days we hear a lot more of the bad stuff that probably happened years ago as well.

little_miss_thrifty

When I was at college (years ago!) I went out with friends on Christmas Eve into town. During the evening, I managed to lose my purse. Christmas morning the first thing I did was have to phone the bank to cancel my card... I had just put the phone down when there was a knock at the door and some lad had returned it for me!!!

I once had locked my car keys inside the car. In the days before being able to afford a mobile phone I had not got a clue how to get home (I was about 10 miles from home). A policeman pulled up, and after checking that I wasn't actually trying to steal the car, he gave me a lift home to get my spare keys and then drove me back to the car!

For me helping someone-a few years ago my son was in hospital after an operation (he was 6 so a parent could stay overnight). One night a young lad of about 14 was admitted; he had broken both his ankles after falling down a cliff. He quietly moaned and cried during the night due to the pain and trying not to wake the ward, his parents had not stayed with him and he seemed so alone. My son was asleep, so I went and sat with the lad, held his hand, talked to him, asking the nurses if they could give him anymore pain relief. He was so grateful for the distraction and so were his parents, in the morning, when they came to see him.

Great thread x

purpleweasel

chappers wrote: »

I will never forget the kindness of Mr Bandhu Parekh of the Gujarat Mineral Corporation and twenty years on I still have his business card somewhere, his attitude changed mine, for what I consider to be the better. .

How nice - the complete opposite of "naming & shaming"! We ought to think of a phrase for it too!

runmichellerun

Frankie100 wrote: »

Somebody once shown me an act of kindness and Im pleased to say I returned this act with my own act of kindness back to him.
About 3 years ago I was raising awareness for a young girl who was abducted by her father and was taken to Algeria,her mum didnt have a clue on where she was,at the time this little girl was just 7 years old.
So one night I went on to a forum board and asked if there was any kind souls who could help me make a video about this child and get it put on You Tube to raise awareness.
A lad called Liam answered my plea and said he would try to do one for me so I told him the story of what had happened to this young child.
A week later he emailed me a link and asked if it was ok.
I cried and cried when I watched the video,the video told the story from start to finish,he added parts of the little girls mum doing tv interviews,pictures of the little girl and many other things with the most beautifull music in the background,it was so professional and I felt he did this as a buisness.
I got back to him and thanked him so much and told him how much we all appreciate his kindness.I offered to pay for his time but he was having none of it so I told him I would meet up with him and buy him a good drink as a thank you.
He said that wont be possible as he is only 16 years old and his mum wouldnt like that!
I kept in touch with this young lad and got to know him quite well in his emails.Now it was clear to see his aim in life was to become a professional dj,he did this voluntary at his local hospital and in all his emails he always mentioned his one wish in life.
Although he was still at school he had a little part time job to help his mum out but one day he was telling me about a very special dj course that was happening at his local college and his one wish would be to find another job so he could pay for this course as it would definatly help him having this under his belt.The cost of the course was £400.
Now in those days I was ok for money and had saved a few hundred pound for a rainy day,I remember the video he made and decided to help him do this course so I offered him the money so long as he asked his mum if it would be ok for me to send him the money.
He was absolutly gobsmacked and after a bit of persuading he finally said yes.
He passed with flying colours and was so very happy having this under his belt.
He made a promise to me that when he makes it on Radio 1(that was his goal) he would dedicate the very first record he plays to me,somehow I think hes going to make it,in fact Im sure he will.
He shown his kindness and I was happy to return it back to him.So in the future if you ever listen to Radio 1,listen out for a new lad called Liam who dedicates his first song to a lady in Manchester,that will be me!

Lovely story.

Out of interest, was the little girl reunited with her mother?

Aesop

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Another update!! We just picked up Kaitlyn's parcel from the post office. I'm so touched I had to share it.

http://yfrog.com/h8yl4wbj
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Not only did K get Hospital bear back, but he came in tow with an extra furry friend, a little lego spaceman, a little bag with writing pad and penciland a pack of glow in the dark stars.

It's taking all my strength not to cry!

I've been trying not to cry all through this thread, but you succeeded in making me cry!

Aesop

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

How did dad get on that evening? Well, I eventually got home 9 hours later! But dad had a wonderful time, was obviously very tired, but because he knew we were there, he was able to relax and stay for as long as he could.

more tears....

Buffythedebtslayer

Aesop wrote: »

I've been trying not to cry all through this thread, but you succeeded in making me cry!

I well up as soon as I click on the new replies and am now openly sobbing.

Really when you think everything has gone to !!!! in this world you need stories like these to remind you that it hasn't.

THank you everyone xx

Aesop

Well my most recent act of kindness, very small compared to what I have read and cried over on this thread, was at Mr Tesco at lunchtime, waiting for the self service till. Noticed the lady in front of my colleague with her baby, was rushing to pack and move away from the till. In doing so, she hadn't noticed her £10 note change in the £ change bit. So I tapped her on the shoulder and said "you have forgotten your change" and pointed to the change bit.

She look surprised, looked at the £ change bit, saw her money, picked it up and said thank you so much! She sounded shocked and I thought, I know why, she doesn't expect people to be honest, especially £10. But that £10 might have been the last of her money, it may have been money for her lecky, etc. I couldn't let her walk out of the shop without it!

Saying that a year ago I was in the same Ts, and I didn't realise they dispensed notes as well as change, and lost a £5 note change. I walked away and realised I didn't have all my change, and when I walked back in within seconds, and looked, and asked the SA, someone had already taken it and gone.