Has a random act of kindness stayed in your memory forever?

Was in a new town, flat broke at the meat counter trying to figure out if i could afford some liver (Yes I was that broke, just moved house). When a complete and utter stranger came up to the counter and bought a joint of beef, then turned around to me and said. 'You look like you could do with this more than me' shoved it into my bemused hands and he walked away.

I was working in a pub when I found out I was pregnant. My boyfriend had just dumped me, I was living in student acommodation and was in debt. A customer who came in every day saw me in another pub and brought my lunch. Then he gave me a blank cheque and told me I could cash it for anything up to 1k. I was so shocked. No one has ever done anything nice for me before. I cried for ages. It helped me so much.

There are some really lovely people out there, I hope that lovely things happen to them back.

Aged 11, lost at the big secondary school. A 6th former saw me looking like a rabbit in a headlights, stopped to ask if he could help, and directed me to the playground. Never forgotten that, even though it wasn't anything big.

When I broke down on the main road through town - rush hour, chucking it down with rain, 3 DCs in car - on the way to CMs with youngest 2 DCs and then on to school for DS#1 and work for me. Blocked a lane of a budy road and got a bit of beeping and yelling for my trouble . I hadn't a mobile at the time so was about to go to the nearest store (B&Q) to ask to borrow their phone when man (with daughter)in car stopped and towed me all the way to the CMs house. Then took me and DS#1 to school and took me back to CMs house to wait for recovery vehicle. Wonderful man! It makes me keener to do thing for others when you know how kind others can be.

The lady in Porlock who lent me and my partner her mini to go and get my car from cloutsham. I had never met her before and she didn't know me from adam yet gave me her car keys and said off you go.

So if you are that lady in Porlock who was working in the hotel that afternoon - ooo about 12/13 years ago thank you very much

I was in a queue at a cafe and a lady in front of me didnt get a tray and was struggling with cups and plates. I just went a got her a tray and she gave me a little laminated poem about kindness. She was obviously religious and I kept it in my purse. I thought it was so sweet argh.

I was cycling home from a fruit-picking holiday when I was 17 (very stubborn, independent and stupid) and it started pissing down and I headed for a Little Chef to shelter... but on the way up the road to it I passed a caravan and a group of squaddies invited me in! - they had an older leader with them so I figured it was OK (verrry naive) but it was ok - they gave me hot beans on toast and the return half of a train ticket that would get me almost all the way home. They were doing a sponsored walk from John O'Groats to Land's End and didn't need the return.

They were so nice and I was such a lefty militant type who thought all soldiers were bastards. Taught me a lesson.

DS was about 6 weeks and was in BHS cafe and the queue was huge and i started to cry (yes i know) a staff member who was tidying up saw me made me sit down and gave me waitress service - then i cried some more. Shepherds pie never tasted so great through salty tears!!!!!

I was once walking down a street (in Brixton), and a woman carrying a massive bunch of flowers was coming the other way. As we passed, she just said 'Here, have these' and put them in my hands. I was mighty chuffed. She, on the other hand, looked very cross, so my guess was that they were an unwanted bunch from some worthless male. Very much appreciated by me though!