Acts of kindness

Aesop

busybumblebee wrote: »

I use public transport and I've had lots of goodwill gestures over the last few months. I have to cross a very busy roundabout with a pushchair and one day when it was just starting to snow, I was stood on the central reservation waiting to cross when the bus went sailing past me. The driver must have seen the look on my face because he pulled into the bus stop even though no one was waiting and no one got off. I crossed the roundabout and ran up the road to get on the bus. I couldn't thank him enough because I'd have been waiting at least another 15 mins in the cold with my little one. He said it was a win win situation, I got the bus and he got to have a drink of his nice hot coffee to warm him up. I wrote to the bus company to say how wonderful he was.

I have a particular bus I must get to be able to pick up DS from school on time, the other day, I couldn't get across the main road, as it was busy. I saw the bus coming, and managed to cross, then started running up the road. I am not a sprinter... nor built like one, :rotfl: I saw the bus pulling into the bus stop, people got on and off... I kept running thinking, he is going to pull away...

The bus driver had seen me running up and waited I said thank you, collapsed into a seat and made it to school on time!

ERICS_MUM

ilovelondontown wrote: »

Firstly I have to say, I'm having a bit of a bad week, so reading all these stories are heartwarming and making me a bit teary, so thank you all for posting and helping me feel better!

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aahh, sorry to hear you are having a bad week, hope it's only temporary and you can soon perk up. :beer:

Linda xx

zenshi

Only a handful of people know the severity of my debts but on which who does is an FB friend that I have never met but we share a love for our breed of dogs. I have been having a few problems with one of mine and yesterday out of the blue, she ordered some stuff for him in the hope it will help and said to call it a present!

I was so humbled, the tears were flowing. That someone I've never met would do that for me

catandy

I've taken in 2 of my sons friends as surrogate son/ daughter after they found it impossible to live at their homes with their parents due to various events - ive got a large extended family now who might be light on material possessions but we're happy, we look out for each other and we're a team

beluga

Dh and I were in Florida on our first holiday together, aged 18/19. We had gotten a taxi to a restaurant, but the driver ripped us off on the way there ( went completely the wrong way for miles and charged us well over what the fare should have been). We'd taken what should have been enough cash with us for a taxi both ways, but were left with about $5. We paid for the meal on credit card, and asked the waiter if he knew a taxi company that would allow us to pay by card.
By this point we were both a bit stressed, and didn't know what to do! Our waiter asked where we needed to taxi to, and went off to speak to someone (presumably to find a taxi number). He came back and said that if we could wait ten minutes that his friend would take us back! The friend did drive us back to our hotel, and refused any payment. We were so relieved, and it was very kind of him to help out some lost British tourists!

Another one:
DH and I had gone out for a few drinks in town the weekend before Christmas. We stopped at a cashpoint on the way to the pub, and I noticed a wallet on the floor. We checked it for ID, and found that it had at least £200 in it, as well as a driving licence and cards. On the way to meet our friends, we spotted a police car, so handed it in to them and went on our way to a pub on the other side of town. While we were waiting at the bar, a distressed man came in and asked the bar staff if anyone had handed in a wallet. DH asked his name, and it matched the license! It turned out he was on his stag do, had stopped for cash on his way out (hadn't even had a drink yet) but must have dropped his wallet. He was so relieved when we told him the police had it, and even more so when we told him it was still full of cash! It was just a strange coincidence that we had gone to the same pub, as it isn't very near the cash point or a usual haunt of ours!

ilovelondontown

Thanks Linda, that's very kind of you to say

satchmo1

For simple ideas to put into practice visit http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-ideas

linz

Found a wallet in the kerb this morning whilst out with the dog so handed it in to the nearby pharmacy. I didnt think at the time to look inside and try and trace the owner myself, just automatically handed it in. It was on quite a busy road and I wouldnt have wanted people thinking I was nicking it. I just hope the owner remembers where he dropped it. I suppose at least the bank cards and money are safe.

StrugglingApprentice

A few years ago in the middle of the night i was on a dual carriageway and i saw a car in the midde lane, hazards flashing and not moving. I stopped on the hard shoulder to find a pregnant woman on her own. She was sheltering under some trees.

I pushed the car over out of the middle of the road as it had run out of fuel, let her use my phone to call her husband and took her to the nearest fuel station.

Got back to her car with a jerry can of fuel to find her husband by the car, who proceeded to punch 2 of my windows through.

That was the last time i stopped to help a stranger.

Becky_Boo

My little brother (15 at the time) was waiting at the train station for Mum to pick him up after a weekend visiting me. While he was waiting, he started chatting to a Turkish man, who said that his train was late and he was worried because he was going to the airport to go back home (he’d been in UK for a week visiting family and spoke very little English). He showed my brother his reservation ticket – and it was actually booked for 9am the next morning not 9pm that evening! When he realised his mistake he was distraught as there were no more trains that night and he didn’t have money for a taxi (which would have cost a small fortune) and he was going to miss his flight home. He tried calling his brother who he had been visiting but couldn’t get through and was starting to really panic as he didn’t know anyone else.

When our Mum arrived, my brother explained the situation and asked if she would help. They ended up driving the man all the way to the airport (2 hours each way!) and the nicest thing was they agreed to tell him that they lived close to the airport and were going that way anyway,so that he didn’t feel bad (they actually lived 5 mins from train station). The man cried, he was so grateful, and they both have lifelong invitations to stay at his house in Turkey!

My family always make me so proud!