What's a kind thing a stranger has done for you?

[whatsnewpussycat777]

For me, she showed me round an interview site. I got the job. I was mighty grateful. You?

Small one but when my daughter was pre-school age she managed to be left alone at the top of an escalator as DH thought I had her and vice versa (another child with us). I look up panicked and a stranger had taken her hand to make sure she made it safely down to us

A long time ago I'd hitch hiked to get to a gig with a favourite band with a friend. I'd hitch hiked before without incident and realise now how risky it was and how the outcome could have been a different story. Back then I had no idea how dangerous the world could be.

We stayed in a youth hostel on the first night but were locked out when we spent too much time talking to the band after the performance on the second night.

Another fan, a young chap, saw our predicament and took us back to his house where he lived with his Mum. [I know, we were so stupid trusting but everything he said turned out to be true, genuine bloke]. We were given a bed for the night and breakfast in the morning! His Mum was lovely.

However me and friend had had a row [another story] and I ended storming off and trying to hitch hike back home on my own. An older man picked me up and asked where I was going [50-60 miles away!]. He didn't say much, drove me to a train station, parked up, gave me money for a train ticket home and told me to buy some chocolate with the change....and told me to go home and never do the same again. A proper wake up call.

I look back and can't believe how lucky I was, how decent he was and how naive I'd been. I was an idiot. This was also in the days [and area] where Fred and Rose West could have been driving by. I had chills when their antics became public knowledge.

I hitch hiked again, once or twice but only with my new husband. It was a pretty common thing to do in that era.

These have touched my heart tonight. It's so restorative to hear these stories in human minds goodness x

When we moved in to this area, 2 lovely things happened the very first time I went in to the nearest town.

Firstly, as I was going to the machine to pay for parking, someone shouted to me as they were leaving, and gave me their ticket. It still had 1.5 hours left on it - saved me £1! .

I then went to the picture framing shop that I'd been told did really nice prints. There were 2 that I liked, but I only needed / could afford one. I was chatting to the woman in the shop, saying that I couldn't decide, and she insisted that I took them both home with me to try them out, and then I could just bring the other one back.

I hadn't paid for them, no deposit taken either, she just made a note of my name, and that was that!

We've lived here for over 20 years now, and we still encounter random acts of kindness. I love it here, and I regularly say that we live in the kindest village ever, with such thoughtful neighbours.

I got a call at a conference in central London. My mother had dropped dead and died. All of a sudden.

I got on the tube to go to my parents house. I was silently weeping and had no tissues on me. A young woman passed me some tissues. No words no explanation. She had no idea.

It meant everything.

My train to Euston was delayed so much so all the tubes had stopped running. I decided to get a black cab from Euston as far as my cash would take me and then brave a night bus from wherever the cabbie dropped me. He took me all the way home and I underpaid him by a good £20. He said I was same age as his daughter and he wouldn't want her on a night bus, he wanted me home safe.This was about 18yrs ago but I still think it was really kind of him.