To think that there are still lots of nice people in the world?

[Geekster]

We hear so much these days about impolite rude people, but while I was out with my DD in her pram this morning walking along a narrow footpath, this man walking towards us with his dog walked on the road so we could get by on the path. I was going to stop opposite a driveway but he had already moved I made sure we smiled and said thank you. Them the same thing happened further along the road. We popped into the shop and a lady went out of her way to hold the door open for us. The lady who served us was smily and chatty. We got home feeling happy and glad that there are some nice people out there.

They are plotting. They are going to lull you into a false sense of security and then sell you to the Jehovahs

YANBU. I rarely meet anyone rude, and often meet people who are lovely, chatty, polite and kind.

Ah Hully. Now you've made me look like a worthy git.

I love receiving and hearing about small kindnesses. Makes my day.

Is this not a regular occurrence, then?

That people make way for you & hold a door open?

There are definitely some truly nice people out there. A friend of mine tries to do one RAK a day - even if it is something as simple as telling someone they look nice.

I think it´s really sad that this behaviour is seen as good rather than the norm tbh.

Simple courtesy goes along way, there are always glum folk who don't bother to respond but sometimes you're not in the mood, that's fine.
Seabright and Willowfae, one of my favourite MN Classics is RAK, agree it's always nice to hear about them.

OP, I am with you on this! The other day at the supermarket, I was carrying 21mo DS2 & holding 4yo DS1's hand, from the car park to the trolley bit. When I got to the trolleys, an elderly couple had just got a trolley out for themselves, but immediately offered it to me, so I wouldn't have to wrangle with 2 children & a trolley (which always seem to run away from me).

A small act of kindness, but one that has stuck with me

YANBU - my sister left her purse on the bus at the weekend, it had money, cards, passport everything in it. She woke the next day to find a note through her door asking if she'd left something on such and such a bus to call a number, the man who'd found it then dropped it off to her house - with everything still inside it I do agree it's sad that it's not a more common place occurence though, it's nice to appreciate acts of kindness when they do happen, no matter how small.

of course. I think that's so normal it would hardly register. The rude and horrible people register and so get talked about and thought as as common whereas treally they're few and far between.

Oh yes. There's some kind people in the world.

I collected my son at nursery today. The staff handed me a packet of dairy-free buttons for my DS2. One of the children had a birthday and he brought in cake but obviously my son couldn't take a slice home for me to eat. His mother had bought my son this packet of treats.

How she knew he's dairy free and how she had the time to remember whilst out shopping left me open mouthed and grinning.

I love that mother today. She's made my 4 yr old's day and mine.

Some people are lovely yes. My lecturer today, I don't think she stopped smiling for a minute, whenever someone talked or when she was walking round hearing us discuss things, what a nice person to be around!

I was surprised today. I had to go into town on the bus and unfortunately the bus filled up with secondary school children pupils who filled up seats and crushed into the standing area. I cannot remember hearing so much noise on a bus! I was sitting not 'sat' near the back and a group of eight or nine behind me were squealing, pushing, shoving and a general nuisance. I turned round and asked, "Do we have to have this noise?" One apologised and they shut up for a bit. I was a bit

When it came to my bus stop, I asked the pupil next to me (not one of the others) if she were getting off here because she would have to move for me. She leapt to her feet and was so polite in her words that I actually managed to smile as I said, "Thank you."

I whizzed down to our printer because I had two A4 sheets with me and wanted 45 copies of each. He didn't charge me.

Oh and yesterday, very chatty bus driver let me have a free ride because he couldn't break my £10 note (paid him back on the return trip!).

And at my uni there's a man who's on parking duty and he waves at every single person as they walk past and says "how are you today?", "have a nice day!" etc (it's a zebra crossing so there's a steady stream of people!). There's a facebook appreciation page devoted to him