Restoring your faith in humanity

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What has happened to you that has proven their are many good people out there?

Perhaps not pointing out OP's grammatical error?!

I work in a little farm shop and today a youngish chap came in to buy a slice of cake for his wife because he had bought the 'boys' out for lunch.
He looked out the window and said 'uh-oh here they come now, sorry about the invasion of sticks!'
I waited patiently expecting to see a stream of rowdy toddlers...
Who came round the corner?
Four immaculately dressed elderly gentlemen all beaming from ear to ear!

Hmmm, I'm struggling to think of something... will post later if I ever think of anything..

The last nice thing a stranger did was give me her carparking ticket, which had an hour left on it. I was just thinking to myself 'damn, why didn't I plot my change in advance' (machine doesn't give any) and a heavily-pregnant lady approached me and asked if I'd like her ticket. I do the same to others when I'm in that carpark, so it was nice to get it back

Lots of small examples like these.

being in an office with fab kind people who take the time to ask if I am ok and talk through strategies with me when my life is going pear shaped

I had a flat tyre recently and was stranded in a tesco car park near work becoming increasingly frustrated with my inability to open the jack, which had somehow got twisted and would not open. A man in the car park tried to help and when he could not open the jack either called friends of his who came in a van with a hydraulic jack and changed the tyre for me, wouldn't accept anything in thanks. I was so grateful.

Place marking

The kindest thing someone did recently, was I'd ploughed into his parked van (the road has cars parked either side, becomes v narrow and you have to zigzag, I'd given the car to my right a bit of extra room, and didn't turn quickly enough to not hit his van) left a note. Fully expecting him to go bonkers at me. HIS VAN WAS PARKED. Obviously it was my fault.
When he finally contacted me a week later, he'd said ah yes, you did hit me, but Its just a light that needs replacing. I'll go to the breakers yard and get a new one, then he asked if me and my car were ok! I felt like he was really kind.

Somebody paid for my lunch when I got to the front of the que before spotting the cash only sign

Several people donated blood and platelets a few weeks ago, and in doing so saved my life.

I was driving an unfamiliar car and was flagged down by another driver who'd spotted a flat tyre (I hadn't noticed! )

He changed it for me*, despite being on his way to meet someone, then made sure I was off safely, followed me for a bit to make sure there were no issues with the new one he'd put on, before he waved cheerfully and went off on his own travels. Wouldn't take anything except a thank you for his trouble.

• I do technically know how to change a tyre, but it would have taken me a LOT longer than the 10-15mins it took him! I'd probably just have called breakdown.

My car had broken down on a busy road, I opened the bonnet hoping to spot a loose connection or something. A silver coloured works van pulled up, three men in the front seats, the driver got out and asked what the problem wasI told him it had just come to stop, he shouted for his mates to 'bring the box'. The box was brought out connected to the battery. 'I'll get it going again but you need a new battery' says the driver. They did get my car going again and then followed me for quite some distance to make sure it kept going. I bought a new battery the following day.

When I had spd 8 months pregnant and on crutches so many kindnesses shown by every type of person, in central London too. Lifts given by builders in their van as I struggled to walk down street, shopping carried, seats given up.

Lovely lady in Cardiff paid for my bus ticket as they had ridiculous exact change only policy.

A pet went missing
Everybody went out to look for him
In a large town
Heartwarming

Another one car related: One Christmas Eve on the way to delver presents to relatives the sliding door of a van in front of me opened and a an object fell out, I swerved to avoid it but still managed to clip it with my near side front tyre, shredding the tyre. I managed to keep the car under control and took the next available exit then pulled over to examine the damage. Unbeknown to me a Police car had seen what had happened, he missed the exit but took the next one and came back to help me, checked I wasn't hurt then asked me where my spare tyre was. I pointed to the pile of presents and said " underside of the car. But the latch is under that lot of presents" We emptied the boot, dropped the spare wheel housing and he kindly changed the tyre for me. Put the presents back and followed me for a bit then drove off. It was raining, where I'd pulled over was quite mucky, the tyre housing was filthy from the spray off the roads and by the time he'd finished his lovely clean uniform was filthy. I tried help by holding an umbrella over him but it didn't do much good.

I'm running a sponsored 10K for pancreatic cancer research in May & was hoping to reach £500. People have been so generous that I'm way past that & heading for £1,000. It's not just the donations, it's the lovely encouraging messages that come with them.

I was on a walk in Japan and it was pouring with rain - I was soaked and very miserable. This guy walked past me with an umbrella, then walked back to me and gave the umbrella to me.

What a lovely idea tor a thread!

I recently had our first baby and wes over-whelmed by the thoughtfulness of both our loved ones and acquaintances. We received lovely gifts and wishes from some people we would never have expected which I thought was amazing!

What a lovely idea tor a thread!

I recently had our first baby and wes over-whelmed by the thoughtfulness of both our loved ones and acquaintances. We received lovely gifts and wishes from some people we would never have expected which I thought was amazing!

Sorry it said my post failed so I re-tried!

The guy at the garage just mended my car for free. It didn't take him long, but he could easily have asked for £40.
I'm between young and gorgeous, and old an d helpless, so he is obviously just a nice guy.

When I had surgery a couple of years ago, I was so poorly afterwards and had a very long recovery. I knew that my family would rally round, but was overwhelmed by kindnesses and still find the memory boosts my spirits.

I love this thread. It is making me feel all warm and fuzzy!!! no examples that spring to mind but it makes me want to do someone a favour!

We live in an area with a very ethnically diverse population. The last few years have seen a huge rise in immigrants from Eastern Europe which has led to the usual grumbles about stealing our jobs, making our streets unsafe etc. My husband lost his wallet while out shopping. When he got home, he phoned the bank to cancel all his cards etc. He'd just come off the phone when the door went. It was a young Latvian couple who could barely speak any English, holding out his wallet. They managed to communicate they'd found it outside the supermarket. Now this supermarket was about a mile away and they'd taken the trouble to walk all the way to return it. All the money and cards were still in there and when my husband went to give them £20 to thank them, they refused to take it.
He often tells this story when he hears anyone immigrant bashing. I'm proud to live and to have brought up my children in a city that gives us the opportunity to learn we're all the same under the skin.