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There are kind people in the world.

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Jackthementalkitten · 09/10/2021 17:53

I went too Tesco earlier, I only took £20 with me ( stupidly forgot my card) I’d worked out that the bill was around £19, went too pay was £23. I was stood with my daughter feeling absolutely bloody mortified, telling the cashier too take some items out. A lady at the next till walked past, out s giver in my hand and told me to buy myself all the shopping. I’ve never been so grateful in my life at this kindness. I managed to shout thank you so much. As cheesy as it sounds, it’s given me faith in people again. Has anyone else ever had a stranger be kind too then?

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Original poster
Jackthementalkitten · 09/10/2021 17:54

put a fiver

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TillyDevon · 09/10/2021 17:56

Oh that’s so lovely and yes there are wonderful people out there.
We once had someone pay for our toll road (a few £s) in the US when we asked directions to a cash machine and I’ll never forget how kind that was, and they said we are probably cousins somewhere !

DamnUserName21 · 09/10/2021 18:27
Smile Lovely experience, OP.
TurnUpTurnip · 09/10/2021 18:29

That’s nice but I wouldn’t have accepted

Phyllis321 · 09/10/2021 18:32

I bought fish and chips today and the card machine stopped functioning just as I tried to pay. They gave me the food for free even after I explained I didn’t live locally so wouldn’t be able to drop the money in for ages.

ScreamIfYouWantToEatPasta · 09/10/2021 18:34

How lovely!

@TurnUpTurnip good for you. I truly hope that your supercilious little comment makes you feel better about your superior little self this evening.

TurnUpTurnip · 09/10/2021 18:35

Not being rude just saying I would have put something back, I wouldn’t have taken it personally.

Finfintytint · 09/10/2021 18:35

@TurnUpTurnip

That’s nice but I wouldn’t have accepted
Why not? People feel good at helping others. It might have made a massive difference to OP’s ability to feed a family.
ScreamIfYouWantToEatPasta · 09/10/2021 18:36

"Not being rude just saying" - the introduction to every rude comment, ever! Grin

mbosnz · 09/10/2021 18:36

I had a lovely gentleman who realised I was buying a chessboard for DH for Christmas, and that I was a tad worried about my card declining, assure me that if it did, he'd pay for it, because it was such a brilliant gift, bless him. (It didn't).

I had an elderly lady at the till next to me, be short for her groceries, and she was having trouble understanding, and then dealing with that, so I nipped over and gave a tenner to cover it, and to give her the change.

A little bit of kindness helps the world go round. Pass it on! (If you can, at the time. . .)

Theblacksheepandme · 09/10/2021 18:54

Unfortunately OP there are also unkind people in the World e.g.
TurnUpTurnip
That’s nice but I wouldn’t have accepted

specialsauce · 09/10/2021 18:59

Realised after putting £25 worth of shopping through the till that I'd left my card in the car and ran to grab it. I was 60 seconds. When I got back the cashier said 'it's ok, it's already been paid for'. No-one in the queue would own up to paying for it. I have plenty of money- I work full time! Just a pure act of niceness - I definitely pass this on whenever I can!!

TurnUpTurnip · 09/10/2021 19:01

How is it unkind to not accept money off a stranger 😕

LadyLothbrook · 09/10/2021 19:01

Just talking about that with my brother. He was at Aldi last week and a lady was on her own and had lost her handbag. She had £60 quid worth of shopping and he paid for it. Then she said oh no i still need my bag as I need to get home so he gave her an extra 20 for a taxi. Such a lovely thing to do. No reason she shouldn't have accepted.

Cam2020 · 09/10/2021 19:03

That’s nice but I wouldn’t have accepted

That's a shame because the other person would have probably walked away feeling embarrassed at their kind gesture being rebuffed and not bothered to be kind in future. Lose, lose situation.

Theblacksheepandme · 09/10/2021 19:08

Cam2020
That is exactly how I would feel if I offered to help someone.

Does that help with your confusion TurnUpTurnip?

MistyFrequencies · 09/10/2021 19:10

Someone handed me a full day parking ticket the other day, worth about €20. It was very kind and I was stressed trying to find change on my way to get my son to the doctor. It was meant to be because later the same day a lady in front of me at the petrol station didn't have her wallet and had already put in €20 of petrol. So I paid. It was perfect pay it forward moment. Made me happy for the rest of the day.

ScreamIfYouWantToEatPasta · 09/10/2021 19:10

@TurnUpTurnip you miss the point quite spectacularly.

It's not unkind to refuse/accept the money. It's actually quite irrelevant what the person chose to do. Your comment itself is unkind however, in that it comments negatively and superciliously on a post where someone admits vulnerability, and received kindness.

You, my dear, are the ass here.

LadybirdyBirdylady · 09/10/2021 19:12

Not the same but I was walking home from the train station in the dark last week. Its only a 5 min walk but obviously all the coverage of Sarah Everard's murder was still very much on everyone's mind.

I was walking on my side of the street and, on the other side, a man started to cross rewards me.

He saw me when he was halfway across the road and proceeded to continue walking down the middle of the road.

I really appreciated that he had considered my feelings in that scenario.

user1471453601 · 09/10/2021 19:13

I recently had a pretty bad fall while on holiday.

Not only did the people I know show kindness above and beyond, (cooking meals for me, checking in on me, doing my shopping ) but so did complete strangers. One lady I'd never met, or spoken to, sent me a big box of assorted plasterer. And when I eventually went out, I was told that my bill in the restaurant had been covered by a couple. I have no idea who they were.

Most people, I find, are kind. I just ignore the few who, for whatever reason, cannot be kind. Maybe they are having troubled of their own that precludes them being kind to others

Suzi888 · 09/10/2021 19:14

That happened to a friend of mine too OP. There are kind people out there. In my opinion, mostly older though?

Itsacakebaby · 09/10/2021 19:15

That is a lovely story to hear.

Feeling a bit meh about people at the moment and this story has made me smile Smile

EllieSattler · 09/10/2021 19:18

DD used to get out of the car and not shut the door, and I wouldn't notice because I was wrestling DS out of his baby seat (DD was on the far side from our front door).

On two separate occasions, teenage boys from the local secondary school knocked on my front door to inform me that my car door was lying wide open Blush I thought that was very kind, and brave of them to knock the door of a total stranger to do them a favour.

OnwardsAndSideways1 · 09/10/2021 19:27

Somebody gave me a fiver many many years ago when I was in tears after having lost a bag and having no money or door key. I've never forgotten it. I said tell me your address so I can return it to you and they just said don't worry about it.

Sadly I have also been scammed due to kindness, so it's not always a great thing to be kind!

I have been helped two or three times by strangers though, so try to remember that in my own interactions, I've lent people my phone in the past when not everyone had one, things like that. No money though in the main!

OhDearMuriel · 09/10/2021 20:41

It’s a good lesson to us all Smile