Someone was just very kind to me

Fuck there's something in my eye.

When DC2 was a newborn I popped into work and was there longer than expected. When we left my toddler was starving so I popped into a sandwich shop to get some lunch. It was really busy so we had to queue for ages, and when I reached into my pocket my debit card wasn't there and I didn't have my purse. I moved aside so they could carry on serving and had a look for my card but it wasn't there, so I was about to leave when the woman at the till gave me all the food and said to just take it. I was so grateful, I wasn't expecting that at all.

I went back with the money and some chocolates later on.

This thread is giving me faith in humanity after a rubbish day at work!

I managed to leave my wallet on the roof of my car at a service station and drove off. I was devastated when I found out as it was a lovely wallet (Radley- that's expensive to me!), with everything in it.
I figured I'd lost it as I had cash in it as well and no one would return it.
I got back from my holiday and a kind man had posted it to me, at his own expense recorded delivery, with all cash still in it (even small change).
I contacted him and offered him the £7 postage and he wouldn't have it. He was just glad I'd got it.
Since that day I've tired my hardest to pay it forward, and leave £1 coins in trolleys for others, pay for people behind me on toll bridges, buy big issues etc!

I am a snotty mess from reading this. Lovely, warm, fuzzy thread.

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Lovely stories - there really are so many nice good-hearted people in the world.

I've got a few, once, when I was going through a really poor time in my life, I was buying food at Lidl and thought I had enough to treat myself to a couple of beers but when I tried to pay I realised I didn't have enough so was about to say put the beers back when the person behind me in the queue handed over a note (tenner I think) which more than covered my shopping (along with the money I had already handed over) and wouldn't even take the change.

Travelling alone with 14 month old DD, at the airport queuing up at boarding and she was screaming, I was overheated in my winter coat and carrying bags and her, and starting to feel ill from it all so was crying myself, when a lovely lady took DD and held her for me while we queued.

When I was at Uni, was travelling back on the National Express very drunk from London to Canterbury but I fell asleep and didn't wake up until we reached the last stop which was Dover. I had no idea what to do, I was drunk and confused and had pretty much no money left, got off the coach about to burst into tears when two women took pity on me and took me back to their flat, fed me a cheese toasty, and gave me taxi numbers to call (and told me not to mention that I didn't have any money when I called and get my boyfriend to pay at the other end)

I had taken DD to a hospital appointment once (about 6 years ago). Long, tiring afternoon. It was dark when we came out (so must have been winter). There had been an older lady in the waiting room at the same time as us with her older daughter who had SN. We had acknowleged each other in the waiting room and DD at one point had engaged in conversation with her. We were the last two bookings to be seen, but DD and I were finished first. As we waited at the bus stop for our 45 min bus ride home, she came out to go to her car. She made a short conversation, asked where we lived and said goodbye. 5 minutes later she pulled up and offered us a lift home (she lived about 18 miles in the other direction so would have added 40 mins or so to her journey plus it was a more complicated route). I politely declined (as us Brits do!!), but she said it was fine so we hopped in. She was the sweetest lady, said she rarely chatted to anyone these days and it turned out we both knew a family in my town who I attended church with.
I've never forgotten her.

That's lovely. I've often had people give me a coin for car parking when I can't get a coin to stay in the machine and get a ticket.

Or indeed give me their unexpired ticket (although a lot of greedy councils say they can't).

huge delivery of food shopping a few days before Xmas where 28 friends had clubbed together to help us out

wow

So not a pay it forward type thing, but in contrast to the other thread about the ALDI checkout girl apparently giving a dirty look and that woman loosing her shit over it, well, today I was in aldi and I have been quite low recently and I felt nearly on verge on of tears today in particular. It was very busy in there and as it was my turn to checkout the lady working the checkout said to me " your makeup is stunning darling. Have you done it yourself?" I said yes, thanks. "Then she said "well you look like you've just left a fashion shoot, it's beautiful. "
I was so surprised that a total stranger would pay me such a nice compliment. It really uplifted me. It makes you think that such small acts of kindness can really pick someone up.

Breton another one you made tear up. So lovely of him

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Vladimir I've had similar from black cab drivers, was stranded at Liverpool St station at 1am years ago. A lovely cab driver took me home for no money. Black cabbies rock!

Someone did something nice for me yesterday. I had just stopped outside our block of flats after doing shopping, and had loads of very heavy bags (and two grumpy DC). One of the upstairs neighbours was holding the door to the block open for me, and I called out to him not to worry, as I had loads of shopping (meaning he should go home and not worry about holding the door). He immediately came to the car, took most of my bags out of the boot and carried them right to my front door for me. I was so grateful I could've cried. I've not lived here long and had only ever greeted him once in passing.

I had to have a smear test a few days before Christmas. Chatting with the nurse as you do, she mentioned she hadn't been able to find fresh cranberries to make cranberry sauce for Christmas day.
After my appointment I went to the shops, and there was one lonely bag of cranberries on the shelf. I got them, and took them back to the surgery for her. She'd just been almost elbow deep in my vag, the least I could do was buy her fresh cranberries

Aw what nice stories.

Years ago when ds was a newborn I was in the Peter Jones cafe, ds screaming his head off for milk. I was struggling to sort it all out in a new mum incompetent flustered kind of way, looked up and saw two women staring at me. My eyesight is shit and I thought they were tutting etc, so I glared right back at them. Then one came over and said "oh sweetheart we weren't judging, we just remembered how hard it all is at that stage". I bloody burst into tears twat

I once saw the actress who plays hard nut Shirley in Eastenders in Sainsbury's, helping a hugely pregnant woman pack her shopping, load the trolley and wheel it out to the car park for her. Sweet.

On holiday in Cornwall/Devon a couple of years ago, my little one REALLY needed to wee. The toilets were those 20p a wee jobs in Plymouth.

We had no cash. Son is now DESPERATE.

Nice man hands my husband two 20p pieces (in case the wife wanted a wee too) and everyone, much relieved, continued the day with a smile.

Towards the end of the holiday, in Boscastle (we do a lot of driving while away), husband took little one for a wee again. This time we had cash - but another tourist didn't. Husband handed over the money to the tourist who said thank you, then they recognised each other from Plymouth. Same guy, same situation.

I had to take my youngest DD to A & E as she'd fallen & cut her head it was bleeding heavily.

I couldn't find a space in the car park & was getting upset driving round when a car park warden found me sobbing took me directly to a space & explained to the other drivers who were waiting.

After being seen & cut glued I went back to the car & realised I hadn't brought my purse in my panic & asked if I could call DH to bring me some money. The warden let me out of the car park without paying. I was so grateful to him.

I once asked a black cab driver how much my £20 would take me as I was in central london and needed to head back east. It was about 2am and the machine had swallowed my card. When we got to my destination he didn't want a single penny and the meter was on something like £50.

This thread should come with a warning: do not read when hormonal...

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Oh Pippilotta. So glad you were shown such kindness at such an awful time.

Oh boy, BretonRose got me started and Pippilotta finished me off and I'm in public too.

Thank you Enid and Mine

I travelled to Cardiff with my daughter, she had an interview and audition for the uni. We walked for miles from the train station to find it, then the security guard at reception told us there are two universities and we were at the wrong one! She was going to be late, but the security guy called his colleague and he drove us in their truck across town to where we needed to be so she got there in time. What a lovely couple of blokes, we were so grateful.

Abraiid2, that's made me sob. What a beautiful, kind thing to do. I'm so sorry about your friend.