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Good people...still exist?

Lyfer

Lyfer

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One of my headlights went out in my Lancer. Wasn't sure how to fix, called the local shop in town. Bought the part and stopped by, the repair guy said it was gonna be an hour wait, I then said I would pay double the labor charge since I was in a rush to get to work. He went ahead and replaced my bulb for free.

I asked, "Are you sure?" He replied "Nah brother, I just wanna eat lunch".

My father in law had told me few months ago he was in the hospital for leukemia treatments (it was the shop owner). God bless this guy for giving me a positive outlook on humanity.


/end of rant
 
They're still out there. We went out to dinner late one night while my father was in the hospital with Pancreatic cancer. Needless to say it was a rough day but the waiter was fantastic. He took one look at us and said "Uh-oh. Looks like its been a rough day." and then brought us drinks on the house. He was funny, kind and very attentive. It was a slow night so he sat down and talked to us. At the end of the night he said "I can't make him better but I can give you a good meal for free." Turns out he was the owner and refused payment for our meal. After some hugs we did end up convincing him to let us leave some money

It was incredibly touching and a very nice end to the evening. I am tearing up just thinking about it 9 months later
 
We stopped into a small sports bar last night for dinner. We ran into the lady who manages the storage unit where we kept our stuff when we moved here. Chatted with her for a few minutes...then she had to leave.
Came time for our dinner bill...it had been paid by the lady... 😎
 
Exterous said:
They're still out there. We went out to dinner late one night while my father was in the hospital with Pancreatic cancer. Needless to say it was a rough day but the waiter was fantastic. He took one look at us and said "Uh-oh. Looks like its been a rough day." and then brought us drinks on the house. He was funny, kind and very attentive. It was a slow night so he sat down and talked to us. At the end of the night he said "I can't make him better but I can give you a good meal for free." Turns out he was the owner and refused payment for our meal. After some hugs we did end up convincing him to let us leave some money

It was incredibly touching and a very nice end to the evening. I am tearing up just thinking about it 9 months later
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This is amazing. Made me a bit emotional. :thumbsup:
 
Back in 2002 I went to Chicago when my aunt died and was having drinks in a bar with my cousin and dad. My cousin new the place and the nice looking blonde said the drinks and food were on the house. My dad and cousin and I said nonsense and left cash on the bar. She came by each one of us and kissed us all on the cheek. That was awesome seen as how I was only 22 and this was a nice looking blonde. :wub:
 
I was in a Gander Mountain buying a new Mossberg 930 for deer hunting a few weekends ago. My wife and I went up to the front register to pay for the rest of the stuff I was getting and there was a Boy Scout table set up, they were selling popcorn for $20 to support their troop. The little kid asked if we wanted to buy, and my wife said sure, so she stopped and I went up to the register. A few seconds later she came back to me and sadly said she couldn't buy the popcorn because the thought she had cash but didn't and they didn't take checks. So you know I figured oh well, and started my checkout at the register. When I was about done the little kid came up to us with the popcorn and said "someone bought this for you". My wife went to go check with his mom that was also at the table and sure enough, some guy that was there heard what was happening and bought the popcorn for us. Don't know who the guy was, but that was a cool gesture and one that I am going to pay forward in the future. So as Exterous said, they are still out there. And I am happy to be one of them too.
 
Lyfer said:
One of my headlights went out in my Lancer. Wasn't sure how to fix, called the local shop in town. Bought the part and stopped by, the repair guy said it was gonna be an hour wait, I then said I would pay double the labor charge since I was in a rush to get to work. He went ahead and replaced my bulb for free.

I asked, "Are you sure?" He replied "Nah brother, I just wanna eat lunch".

My father in law had told me few months ago he was in the hospital for leukemia treatments (it was the shop owner). God bless this guy for giving me a positive outlook on humanity.


/end of rant
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I can't shake the feeling that he really just wanted to get rid of you so he could eat his lunch and not be treated like a dancing monkey.
 
I love hearing these stories because we tend to focus on the negative. People need to know there are good people out there.

It was a few years ago, but I once had a flat in a tiny SC town hundreds of miles from home. Put on the donut spare and asked at a convenience store where I could get a tire fixed. Lady gave me directions to a guy who worked on cars out of his home- he had a tiny sign along the road next to his driveway or I never would have found it. He fixed the tire, remounted it on the car, stored the donut back in the trunk and he certainly saw my out-of-state plate and heard my non-native accent, so I was prepared for a ridiculous bill.

$5 was the charge, and he wished me safe travels on the way home.

Edited to add another one: last week a guy I know casually asked me if I had the address of a mutual friend who has been out of work for a long time. I did, and offered to give it to him. He didn't want the address... he handed me a $500 Visa gift card and asked me if I would deliver it without telling who it came from.
 
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Humpy said:
I can't shake the feeling that he really just wanted to get rid of you so he could eat his lunch and not be treated like a dancing monkey.
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It should take like 10 minutes max to change a headlight bulb. Can't imagine that double labor charge would be that much more than not double.
 
Does anyone notice a trend in these stories? They all are centered around what appear to be small, local, family/privately owned business. I would so much rather patronize those types of establishments than any corporate store (except you Amazon!)

Coincidentally, Small Business Saturday is THIS Saturday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Business_Saturday

And as always, pay it forward!
 
It happens. You've all heard the phrase "no good deed goes unpunished"? I think Murphy was the author.
I was selling a 5th wheel hitch on CraigsList. A guy from Taiwan replies and wants help installing it. I'm not going to do that so I find him a shop. We exchange a total of 30 emails over this simple transaction. He speaks virtually no english and is typing it all into a translator. He sends me pictures and it appears he tried to tow his 5th wheel trailer with a gooseneck adapter on a ball at the bumper of his truck. This was crazy dangerous. I have pity on him and here comes the punishment.
I go Monday night to where he is, and cut the gooseneck adapter off and deliver the hitch. I had called the shop earlier and give him instructions. he is there with his 16 and 17 year old sons. Yesterday I dropped by some small parts at the shop I had forgotten and met him there. I had agreed to show him how to use the hitch so I ran back up where the trailer is and got it all set up, moved the pinbox and leveled the trailer, and then discovered he had no brake controller. I had not thought to look and the hitch shop should have caught it too.
He is thinking he can go to California with no trailer brakes. I graphically show him what will happen if he has to stop fast, that he and his kids will be hurt and others too. I call around and that same shop had the best price by far. He thinks he can just tow his trailer down there and get the brakes.
NO. I send him to get his brakes and come back for the trailer.
He leaves the shop without really understanding, and is heading down the interstate with no brakes. I get him to stop and talk him through the adjustment process with pictures and texting and translators. He has brakes and a proper hitch.
 
Vaux said:
My wife went to go check with his mom that was also at the table and sure enough, some guy that was there heard what was happening and bought the popcorn for us. Don't know who the guy was, but that was a cool gesture and one that I am going to pay forward in the future.
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I have another story along the same lines

I was waiting for a haircut when an elderly gentleman came up to the register to pay. I saw him count the bills he had in his wallet and then go rummaging for more. I was close enough to see that he didn't have enough to pay for the haircut. So I got up and walked over and paid for the rest of his haircut. He was very apologetic and thankful and we chatted for a short time before he left and it was time for my haircut.

When I was done with mine I went up to pay but was told that a lady had seen me pay for his haircut and decided to pay for mine. I asked if she was a regular so that I could thank her or leave a note but apparently she was just in town for a meeting
 
skyking said:
It happens. You've all heard the phrase "no good deed goes unpunished"? I think Murphy was the author.
I was selling a 5th wheel hitch on CraigsList. A guy from Taiwan replies and wants help installing it. I'm not going to do that so I find him a shop. We exchange a total of 30 emails over this simple transaction. He speaks virtually no english and is typing it all into a translator. He sends me pictures and it appears he tried to tow his 5th wheel trailer with a gooseneck adapter on a ball at the bumper of his truck. This was crazy dangerous. I have pity on him and here comes the punishment.
I go Monday night to where he is, and cut the gooseneck adapter off and deliver the hitch. I had called the shop earlier and give him instructions. he is there with his 16 and 17 year old sons. Yesterday I dropped by some small parts at the shop I had forgotten and met him there. I had agreed to show him how to use the hitch so I ran back up where the trailer is and got it all set up, moved the pinbox and leveled the trailer, and then discovered he had no brake controller. I had not thought to look and the hitch shop should have caught it too.
He is thinking he can go to California with no trailer brakes. I graphically show him what will happen if he has to stop fast, that he and his kids will be hurt and others too. I call around and that same shop had the best price by far. He thinks he can just tow his trailer down there and get the brakes.
NO. I send him to get his brakes and come back for the trailer.
He leaves the shop without really understanding, and is heading down the interstate with no brakes. I get him to stop and talk him through the adjustment process with pictures and texting and translators. He has brakes and a proper hitch.
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Followup to the story. Last night he texted me that he and his kids arrived safely and that he knew I had kept them from danger. He had to brake hard twice and knew the trailer brakes had saved the day.
 
my elderly mom and my sick (alzheimers) father left my relatives last night and got lost. my relatives live in the country (western NJ) and my mom's gps ran out of batteries so she called me to find out how to use her iPhone to find her way home. as we were speaking a car pulled over seeing her pulled over to the side of the road. two younger women were in the car, they told her to follow her to the turn she missed. so they drove 10 minutes out of their way in the country to take her to the main road she knew.

nice.
 
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