Someone was just very kind to me

I was rescued by some ramblers today! I had taken DS and Spuddog to the woods, to a bit we hadn't walked around before. Came round a corner and there were three trees down across the path (Doris casualties I guess). I managed to squeeze around the first fine but the next two were a bit more challenging. But I didn't have time to turn back as I had to get DS home in time to nap!

Just as I was contemplating how best to hump the massive pram over the trees, a group of ramblers passed along a path a hundred yards or so away, looked over to me and two ladies came marching over and helped me to manhandle the pram over the obstacles And as a result we got home on time for a nap!

Sometimes, people are kind

I once sobbed in a cab travelling to Great Ormond Street to get to ex-DP who had just been told his 3 year old son was dying. The cabbie refused to take the fare for the journey and I have never forgotten that act of kindness.

Awr that's lovely xx

When I was a trainee teacher it was advised you visited a school before applying for a job there. One school had a job going and had some very specific times they allowed trainee visits.

I was there as one of a group of 6 trainees visiting and we were all sitting in the reception area as one member was late. The head 'who was a dick btw' was getting incredibly irate about this. He kept ranting on and on about 'the youth of today don't understand what professionalism is' and 'why would we want to employ someone who is clearly incompetent and dense - he reasoned aloud that surely you must be dense if you didn't realise his was a bad first impression.'

Finally this girl arrives looking flustered, a hole in the knee of her tights and holding something balled up in her hand. The head barely gave her time to breathe before commencing the tour. The demeanour of the staff quickly showed how well they liked the head! (Not at all)

We reached the end of the tour and he asked 'Any questions?' The late girl replied, 'have you got a medical bin?' The head barked 'of course'. She replied that she had some medical gloves and gauze hat needed disposing off, she was late as she had stopped to help someone who had been in a traffic accident and had used her own medical supplies to help them out until the ambulance came.

The deputy head had been listening and took the things from her and told her how great it was she had helped.

We were all contacted by the deputy a month later to say the head had now left (forcibly removed I found out later) and if we would like to reconsider applying the job was still open!

Lovely lovely stories. Three times I've lost something (a phone, a handbag, a wallet) and the person who found it has made a real effort to track me down and hand it back. I'm so grateful. It's a nice reminder that there are so many lovely, kind and thoughtful people out there.

Me and my daughter had front row seats for a show and willingly swaped. A disabled couple had accidently sat in somebody elses seats thinking they were on the front row, but they should have been on the row behind. When the attendant checked the tickets they were quite embarassed about the mix up. As they would have struggled up the two 2 steps and to seats in the middle of the row we offered to swap and they were very grateful.
This small gesture made me and my dd both feel very happy, after all, someone once said, it is better to give than receive, and he gave his life! Xx

Many years ago when I was working in Bath, I used to park my car on one of the few streets that didn't have double yellows all the way down it. Walking back to my car after work one day from a distance I could see something on the windscreen, thought it was a ticket and was getting ready to be mightily ranty (colleague was walking with me as I was giving her a lift home). Got to car, retrieved paper from under the wiper to discover that someone had driven in to my car during the day (accidentally) and caused a fair amount of damage (I'd not even noticed the humongous dent and knackered front wheel as I'd been so focussed on the suspected parking ticket!) and had the decency to leave a note, apologising and with all insurance details etc. The car wasn't driveable, required a truck to lift it and take it to repairs place, my colleague stayed with me until the car was collected and she was sure I would get home safely. So many folks would have hit and run, the fact this person owned up to it and was so apologetic too was a rare and welcome find!

DS has got Inside Out on the TV, that combined with these stories means I am in serious danger of sobbing.

damnedgrubble some for you

That's lovely to hear, some b*tch reversed into my car today and drove off; I was parked in my car at the time and she shouted out of her window that it was my fault because she didn't see my car. The police are onto it now but I needed to hear that people can be nice.

I was 38 weeks pregnant and on crutches with SPD. I took DS1 (2) to Morrison's cafe for lunch as it was one of the few places I could still physically get to, and getting out of the house broke the day up for us.

When we came out, he wanted to go into the main part of the shop to look at the toys, but I had to refuse him as it was too far to go. He had a humdinger of a tantrum on the floor at the entrance of the cafe. I couldn't bend down to him any more. After several minutes it was clear that the tantrum was showing no signs of wearing off, and a lovely old couple offered to distract him by picking him up and carrying him to the rides. They even insisted on putting some money in for him. A few minutes later, he'd cheered up sufficiently that he could walk out to the car. I was totally dependent on his will to walk by then. I've felt grateful to them for 4 years now

I've dropped a phone in a public place twice now, and it's been handed in. Once to a pub, another time to a nearby shop and I successfully got them back

There are more kind people in the world than not.

I was travelling back from London with the DC when they were both toddlers. I was feeling very emotional as I'd been to an event for bereaved children and as I was newly widowed my head was spinning. Got to the railway station and to my dismay the train that I was to catch, and had booked seats on was full of drunk rugby fans who were on the train as the previous one had been cancelled. The train manager cheerfully informed me that all seat reservations were "null and void". I was fighting tears and the DCs were about to kick off......
We got on the train and were stood by the buffet car when two burly blokes in Wales tops beckoned us into first class. They gave you their seats and me and the DC gratefully sat down. Coffee for me and drinks for the DCs appeared out of nowhere and they chatted gently to me (seeing I was so upset) until I got to my stop. When I arrived, then unloaded me, the DCs the buggy and the suitcase onto the platform and wished me well, refusing all offers of payment for the food. This was 10 years ago and I've never forgotten them. This thread is great, I think most people are intrinsically good but we only hear about the bad.

Thank you Mumsnet

My dh was in road traffic accident a few weeks ago. He's ok but it was terrifying at the time. The kindness people showed was overwhelming: from the PC at the door to the teachers in the DC's schools. And even just little things like taking the bins out to the end of the drive (I still don't know who did that) and leaving a bunch of spring flowers on the doorstep. A
So kind. to every one of them.

We've just moved a few months ago- lots of issues in the house especially plumbing ones- I was 8 months pregnant and had to ring my plumber again one Sunday as water was running through the ceiling from a small water tank above into my sons bedroom. My plumber not only came round within 20 minutes he didn't charge me for the call out. Needless to say I recommend him to everyone!

I really like this thread
I have another one, I missed a payment on a store card because a very close relative had recently passed away and my head wasn't completely together. I didn't realise until they told me to get in touch, I did and the man told me I'd missed a payment and there was a late fee etc. I completely understood but he asked if there was a reason why as I'm usually on time with repayments. I told him about the sudden death and he said I'm so sorry all fees have been wiped. He didn't have to do that but it was a lovely gesture, one I truly appreciated at a time I was so down.

DS had a neurology appointment at the Evelina children's hospital in London. We got the train to Victoria and I got a black cab to the hospital. DS was distressed as he is a lot of the time. I was putting my bravest face on, so I thought. Cabbie dropped us off and wouldn't take the fare from me. He said he never allowed anyone going to the children's hospital to pay. If I wasn't a wreck before that, I definitely was afterwards!

Another one I've posted before. In a supermarket (so many kind things happen in supermarkets!) a woman with a screaming toddler was struggling to sort out her shopping at the checkout. Some people were starting to stare and the poor mum was really flustered. An elderly man in the next queue dashed off and added a large bunch of flowers to his shopping, then gave them to the mum telling her she was doing a fantastic job. He said "My boy used to be like that, he's a copper now, don't you worry."

Years ago in my 20s I was driving on the motorway to a really important job interview. Suddenly I realised a tyre had gone flat - I managed to pull over safely onto the hard shoulder. I got out and stood shaking in my interview suit, sheer tights & heels. I knew I could change the tyre but that it would take me ages and I would be late for the interview.

Within moments another car pulled onto the hard shoulder in front of me. A man got out, and barely saying anything, and changed the tyre in a flash. He then dashed off, ignoring the banknotes I tried to offer him, while still in a state of shock.

I have often remembered my knight in shining armour over the years. I got the job, leading to a long term career in the field.

One little thing I like to do is if I'm at a place where its a take a ticket and wait system (benefits office where I live for instance) and sometimes the wait can be ages and I decide to give up and come another day - I give the ticket to someone coming in. It makes no difference to the others already waiting as the new person just takes my place but it can make a big difference to the person coming in who might be in a rush, or have small children who can't wait patiently.

When I was a kid I came off my pushbike in spectacular fashion and I had some pretty horrendous wounds to my arms and legs. This lovely young couple in a really posh car (leather seats back in the 70;s were rare) picked me up and took me to the doctors surgery i the nearest village. They had been to collect a siamese kitten and the lady handed me the kitten to fuss to take my mind off my ordeal. I was in shock and shaking and I got that car and that kitten caked in blood and grit. It must have messed the seats up good and proper too.
I try and pay it forward. I have paid for a bit of shopping here and there for people. I did it at Gatwick airport recently. A bloke couldn't pay for the carton of milk as his card wouldn't work. It was only a pound so I paid. He was stunned and didn't get it at all. I thought that was sad. We should all be much nicer to each other.

I was in Marrakesh recently and was approached by a lady selling bangles, I didn't want any and said so. She asked me where I was from and when I said England insisted on giving me two for nothing, because she loves English people. A poor Berber lady, I made her take some of my Euro change in return but she wasn't looking for it.
So there you go - we are loved in morocco!

In Aldi the lady before me in queue was trying to buy a packet of nappies and some milk and she was told her card payment would not go through as declined. The shop assistant loudly told her and she looked mortified and the child started to cry so I told cashier to cash up my few items and I would pay for all. I think most people who could afford it would do the same, only cost £5

On the way home a group of boys starting shouting racist remarks at me. A man riding his bike stopped, told me to ignore them & then walked with me until the boys were out of sight. Thank you.