About a month and a half ago I was picking up some Phad Thai from a local restaurant and noticed several G.I.'s sitting around a couple of pushed-together tables, and from the look of things they were pretty much finished with their meals. I picked up my order and asked the cashier if they had payed for their meals yet, and he said they had not so I covered their bill.
I try to help out my friends and strangers with random acts of kindness. Holding open the door, helping someone lift something into their car, helping someone when they get hurt, all that is part of what makes us human: Compassion. If more people helped each other out, the world would be a better place.
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One of my neighbors' cars was sitting outside with the doors open and the windows down. A couple of minutes before it started to rain, my fiance called the neighbor up and said that it looked like rain, your car's open, blah blah.
The moral of the story is there is always some snoopy neighborhood gal minding your business instead of her own.
Kudos to all who are posting the kind anecdotes here.
The moral of the story is there is always some snoopy neighborhood gal minding your business instead of her own.
Kudos to all who are posting the kind anecdotes here.
I do drive buy healings when I'm playing Ryzom. You know you are running and see someone about to die or low on Health.... and I revitalize them
(hey these are still real people playing a game, any kindness can carry through and be appreciated anywhere).
(hey these are still real people playing a game, any kindness can carry through and be appreciated anywhere).
I've helped countless people jumpstart their cars. Only takes 5 mins out of my day, and probably saved them an hour or more if they didn't have AAA. One lady even had a malfunctioning alarm and I helped disconnect it for her before I could jump it.
I was paid back for that one time. It was raining and my truck spun out on an onramp and went off onto the side. It was on wet iceplant and my rear tire kept spinning. I was stuck. A guy stopped and helped me push and put some weight on the spinning tire. He even pulled out the iceplant around that tire. Seemed like he knew what to do. Saved me a lot of time and money since I didn't have AAA either.
I was paid back for that one time. It was raining and my truck spun out on an onramp and went off onto the side. It was on wet iceplant and my rear tire kept spinning. I was stuck. A guy stopped and helped me push and put some weight on the spinning tire. He even pulled out the iceplant around that tire. Seemed like he knew what to do. Saved me a lot of time and money since I didn't have AAA either.
rhino56
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every month i pay to make 3 peoples lives better. been doing it for almost 2 years now.
i came up with the idea one day when i was cleaning out my closet of computer parts. i was gonna sell them online but really didnt need the money that bad. so i thought why not just make them prizes for ordinary people.
so every month 3 people are made winners. it can really change the outlook in apersons life, when everything is going wrong and then you find out you just won something it changes how you feel.
ive been accused of using it to build a forum membership but that is not my motivation. my site makes no money so there is nothing for me to gain other than my own satisfaction that im not just a taker. since the start several people have donated items to give away.
i came up with the idea one day when i was cleaning out my closet of computer parts. i was gonna sell them online but really didnt need the money that bad. so i thought why not just make them prizes for ordinary people.
so every month 3 people are made winners. it can really change the outlook in apersons life, when everything is going wrong and then you find out you just won something it changes how you feel.
ive been accused of using it to build a forum membership but that is not my motivation. my site makes no money so there is nothing for me to gain other than my own satisfaction that im not just a taker. since the start several people have donated items to give away.
Haha, too funny. The first time that happened to me, I was driving in back of my girlfriend. I reach out with money in hand to pay the toll at the Tobin bridge, and the woman says to me "it's all set". A combination of the radio, traffic noise, and not expecting conversation with the attendant all led me to not understand what "it's all set" meant. So I waved the money at her, like here you go. So she pointed to my girlfriends car in the distance and again said "it's all set, she paid for you." Bewildered, I took off.
My list of small acts...
Being from Boston where the drivers are the worst, I try to reverse that trend when possible. I actually will let people merge into traffic, willingly and with a smile and wave. I know it must seem like the natural and obvious thing to do for most people, but around here it's not the norm in the least. And the beauty is that people in back of me follow my example.
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I am big on holding doors open for people, young and old. Must be my European upbringing, but for me it's the right thing to do. It especially feels good when I can help out a woman with a stroller, or some old person.
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A homeless guy downtown saw me smoking and asked me for a cigarette. I gave him the whole pack. Frankly, I don't care about the health aspects of my actions; I care that I gave him a source of pleasure in what otherwise appears to be a rather miserable life.
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While taking the train last month, this young lady gets on board with 2 little kids in tow. They were so small, that climbing up the steps was a challenge for them and by the time they were all up, the train pulled away. One of the kids went flying and I caught him. It was the cutest thing; he latched on to my arm like it was a security blanket. And of course, I gave the lady my seat.
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Here was a RAoK that backfired: My dad and I were standing in the lobby of his apartment building; he was looking through what mail had come in that day. It's a good sized lobby, built in such a way that sound travels easily. He noticed a kid dropped a stuffed toy from a stroller, and the mom was impervious to this as she started to wheel the carriage away. We were standing a good 30 feet away, so he calls out to her "Maam." Once, twice, three times he called out. Finally, she turned around and he pointed at the floor and said "your child dropped that". She stood there, glaring at him, and snapped back "a gentleman would have picked up." My dad was floored, in a state of disbelief.
Being from Boston where the drivers are the worst, I try to reverse that trend when possible. I actually will let people merge into traffic, willingly and with a smile and wave. I know it must seem like the natural and obvious thing to do for most people, but around here it's not the norm in the least. And the beauty is that people in back of me follow my example.
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I am big on holding doors open for people, young and old. Must be my European upbringing, but for me it's the right thing to do. It especially feels good when I can help out a woman with a stroller, or some old person.
*
A homeless guy downtown saw me smoking and asked me for a cigarette. I gave him the whole pack. Frankly, I don't care about the health aspects of my actions; I care that I gave him a source of pleasure in what otherwise appears to be a rather miserable life.
*
While taking the train last month, this young lady gets on board with 2 little kids in tow. They were so small, that climbing up the steps was a challenge for them and by the time they were all up, the train pulled away. One of the kids went flying and I caught him. It was the cutest thing; he latched on to my arm like it was a security blanket. And of course, I gave the lady my seat.
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Here was a RAoK that backfired: My dad and I were standing in the lobby of his apartment building; he was looking through what mail had come in that day. It's a good sized lobby, built in such a way that sound travels easily. He noticed a kid dropped a stuffed toy from a stroller, and the mom was impervious to this as she started to wheel the carriage away. We were standing a good 30 feet away, so he calls out to her "Maam." Once, twice, three times he called out. Finally, she turned around and he pointed at the floor and said "your child dropped that". She stood there, glaring at him, and snapped back "a gentleman would have picked up." My dad was floored, in a state of disbelief.
Fritzo
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I have some kind of disorder where I have to make sure I'm the nicest guy people know. I gave a $150 window air conditioner to a family I learned about that just had a baby and both parents were laid off right before the baby was born.
We had a garage sale today, and I was selling a $500 "Thomas the Train" wooden train set and table, and my neighbor that had a disabled child wanted it, so I gave it to him for $35 (I promised the sale money would go to my son, so I had to get something out of it )
I fix things for free, I help people in need all times of the night, I bend over backwards for anyone that is in trouble. Why? I believe in Karma.
It must work too, because I have a perfect wife, perfect kids, great house, we both have great incomes, and I couldn't ask for anything else (well...maybe a great wife with 34DD's, but you can't have everything).
So...HELP PEOPLE! What comes around goes around, and your life will be better for it!
We had a garage sale today, and I was selling a $500 "Thomas the Train" wooden train set and table, and my neighbor that had a disabled child wanted it, so I gave it to him for $35 (I promised the sale money would go to my son, so I had to get something out of it
)I fix things for free, I help people in need all times of the night, I bend over backwards for anyone that is in trouble. Why? I believe in Karma.
It must work too, because I have a perfect wife, perfect kids, great house, we both have great incomes, and I couldn't ask for anything else (well...maybe a great wife with 34DD's, but you can't have everything).
So...HELP PEOPLE! What comes around goes around, and your life will be better for it!
Yeah, I help jumpstart cars, too. He tried to pay me, but I told him to keep the money. I just hope that someone would do the same thing for me in case some crap like that happens.
I was out cutting my lawn, and my neighbor came out looking distressed with her computer. I asked her what was happening and it turns out that her son had been porn surfing and got a bunch of crap on the computer. So it was freezing up on her, and she couldn't access anything ect. Woudln't make it past the windows boot up screen. She was taking it to bestbuy to have it reformated, for something like a 150$. Only problem is she had all her son's and grandsons pictures on the computer and no backups. Grad pics, wedding pics ect.
So, I took all day that Saturday (my only day off during the week) and took her hardrive and computer. Systematically went through getting every single picture/document on the computer. Sorting them, burning them to CD's and backup CD's. Than reformation, reinstalling drivers ect. Than, replacing all her folders and pictures just the way she had them. Resetting up email ect and putting her email back in her inbox ect ect.
Handed it back to her more or less the same as it was before her kid dl'ed all that ******.
Returned it to her Sat around 9pm. Went out to the bar for a few hours, came hom around 1am and found a case of beer in the porch.
I always help out with computer problems like these. Feels good when I can save people a ton of cash by doing some relatively (to me anyway) simple tasks.
So, I took all day that Saturday (my only day off during the week) and took her hardrive and computer. Systematically went through getting every single picture/document on the computer. Sorting them, burning them to CD's and backup CD's. Than reformation, reinstalling drivers ect. Than, replacing all her folders and pictures just the way she had them. Resetting up email ect and putting her email back in her inbox ect ect.
Handed it back to her more or less the same as it was before her kid dl'ed all that ******.
Returned it to her Sat around 9pm. Went out to the bar for a few hours, came hom around 1am and found a case of beer in the porch.
I always help out with computer problems like these. Feels good when I can save people a ton of cash by doing some relatively (to me anyway) simple tasks.
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Once when I was in Tennessee, at the base of the Great Smokies in Pigeon Forge after a long day's hike, I lent some guy my jumper cables outside of a Golden Corral. When he came back, he shook my hand, gave back the jumper cables, and in his homey Tennessee drawl, said, "Thank you partner. Next time you're in Memphis I'll do a favor for you."
OMG Tennessee people are so nice!
OMG Tennessee people are so nice!
Fritzo
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Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Once when I was in Tennessee, at the base of the Great Smokies in Pigeon Forge after a long day's hike, I lent some guy my jumper cables outside of a Golden Corral. When he came back, he shook my hand, gave back the jumper cables, and in his homey Tennessee drawl, said, "Thank you partner. Next time you're in Memphis I'll do a favor for you."
OMG Tennessee people are so nice!
I know that Golden Corral! We ate there too
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Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Once when I was in Tennessee, at the base of the Great Smokies in Pigeon Forge after a long day's hike, I lent some guy my jumper cables outside of a Golden Corral. When he came back, he shook my hand, gave back the jumper cables, and in his homey Tennessee drawl, said, "Thank you partner. Next time you're in Memphis I'll do a favor for you."
OMG Tennessee people are so nice!
I know that Golden Corral! We ate there too
Yay! I absolutely GORGED myself when I went there! I had just come back down from a night on top of Clingman's Dome, huddled by myself at the base of the observation tower. It was all snowed in, and temps got to around -6F. I didn't have an adequate sleeping pad, so I almost died from freezing.
Why was I there in the first place? Photography. I wanted to get to the top as early as possible, so I stayed AT the top.
Anyway, got back down, stopped by the Golden Corral, ate until I was about to pass out, then spent the night at the motel to the very left of the Golden Corral
Best Golden Corral I've ever been to.
Originally posted by: SagaLore
If that were true, the world would be a happier place.
you have to be careful who you help because you never know when psycho's will strike
Miramonti
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A 10 or 11 year old fell into a canal today while trying to grab some crayfish. It wasn't too deep but was water rushing hard and was too steep for him to get out. He started to semi-yell in frustration so I ran over and pulled him out. He was very thankful which made me feel good.
When I was 14 I swam out to save another 14 year old in an ice cold lake and pulled him in. It was a ymca backpacking trip, he swam out to get his broken fishing lure and completely freaked out when he saw how far out he got. He never thanked me tho, altho the leaders did.
When I was 14 I swam out to save another 14 year old in an ice cold lake and pulled him in. It was a ymca backpacking trip, he swam out to get his broken fishing lure and completely freaked out when he saw how far out he got. He never thanked me tho, altho the leaders did.
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