What is the kindest thing a stanger has done for you?

[grannyinapram]

I'll start-

When I had my first baby I used to avoid going to my local shop because the door was really heavy and I always struggled to push the pram through it.
One night I was walking with the pram toward the big heavy door, then a little girl got out of a car in the car park and she ran over and opened the door for me. Then she ran back to the car! She wasn't close either, she came all the way Iver just for me.
Beautifully kind little girl.

Another time I was walking with my baby and my toddler in the rain, it came down heavy and we were all soaked (except baby with the rain cover)
someone stopped their car and offered me their umbrella. They couldn't tell because my face was soaked but I shed a tear. Wonderful lady.

Another time it was quite the opposite- it was a boiling hot summers day and I was walking with my then about 1 year old in the pram again. he was crying because it was hot. We walked past a hand car wash place and the man washing the car sprayed the hose into the air and gave us a lovely cooling down.

I'm sure I have many more but those are the ones I remember most.

Just the other night i forgot my purse at the petrol station and the cashier was being arsey and a man offered to pay it for me.

After having my DD i was struggling but had an anniversary work dinner and went with baby to get nails done (WTF). Anyway the lady was so lovely seen i was struggling and couldn't have been nicer even taking dd off me and showing me how to swaddle etc made such a difference.

I had a flat tyre and was stood trying to see what to do at the side of the road when a man pulled up, changed it for me in about 5 minutes avd drove off - amazing!

Someone once gave me centre court tickets at Wimbledon because they had to go home early.

Maybe not the kindest but very memorable.

When I was a child on holiday we were standing on the end of this pier and I was holding my favourite cuddly toy. My dad startled me and it fell in and this lovely older man who we'd never met before saw I was upset. It was early evening so he was dressed for dinner in shirt and trousers but he actually waded in to get it. The water was up to his chest!

Never forgot how lovely that man was as my dad stood there embarrassed and dry!

My baby died in the NICU. A midwife had been looking after me and she came to say goodnight because her shift had ended. I remember she just sat beside me for hours and cuddled me whilst I cried. I’ll never forget how kind she was.

Said that he knew I was different but I should be confident in who I am.

And also the woman who shared her umbrella with me when it was pissing down at Finchley Central tube station.

Posted about this before.

My dd was Murdered 5 years ago. She was found by a man returning from night shift. He stayed with her until the police came, placed his jacket over her.
Not once did he talk to any reporters or give any interviews. He came to her funeral and also had to give evidence at her trial.
We finally got to meet him before the trial and thank him in person.
I will never forget what he done for my dd and will always be eternally grateful.

@FestiveChristmasLights

I,m so sorry for your loss but I’m so glad you had someone who could be there for you at such a dark time.

@ParkheadParadise I don’t have any words but I am truly, truly sorry for your loss. I’m pleased that wonderful man gave her some dignity and stayed with her.

@ParkheadParadise

I think I know the case. I’m so sorry. Thank goodness such a decent person found your daughter.

I had surgery years ago and was left with terrible pain and struggled to walk. I was struggling to get across a street one day in traffic and someone stopped their car, got out and helped me to my car.

@FestiveChristmasLights @ParkheadParadise

I'm so sorry for your heartbreaking losses 💔

I'm glad that in those dark hours you had someone who showed compassion & made your path a little easier.

I had a first gallbladder attack and was in A&E. it was the middle of the night and I was alone and in great pain. I've been sexually assaulted in hospital when I was ill before (by the dr who was supposed to be treating me) so it's really hard for me to go when I need to anyway. I was given a pain killer and had to wait 20 mins for it to start working..if it would. I was nearly passing out from the pain, was groaning and panting like in labour.

I was put in a side room while we waited to see if the pain killer would work. A lady who had been in reception when I arrived, came into the room and just held my hand. I couldn't speak because of the pain but to just not be alone then and to feel a human was incredible.

Sounds daft but when my first son was tiny I was in a huge flap trying to put the pram down to put into the boot in a car park. Was getting really really emotional. The young lads from a car repair shop came over to me with a cup of tea, put the buggy down for me and gave me a hug.

A few weeks ago my husband (who is a tire fitter) pulled over and got in trouble for being late to a job for stopping and helping an elderly man change a wheel on a very busy junction. It was pissing it down so husband set him up in his van with his own freshly purchashed coffee and got on with the wheel. The man was so thankfully there were tears shed, never been prouder of my usually irritating DH

Remote road in the highlands and our car broke down, pitch black no signal and peeing down with rain. One lady drove past and cancelled our dinner reservation for us, some how the local mechanic was summoned and tried to help. Unfortunately he couldn’t do the job on the roadside so he gave us a lift to the local pub about 10 miles away, where we could get a taxi. Wonderful man.

Gosh a few very touching stories here.

A lovely lady paid my bus fare when my daughter was little (bus arrived after waiting ages and I realised at the last minute I had no money 🙄).
I asked for her address so I could send it to her but she wouldn’t hear of it.

When my daughter was a baby she threw up all over me in a black cab. The driver was lovely and wouldn’t let me pay! (Victoria to Paddington, wouldn’t have been cheap).

A group of strangers helped me when I fell and injured both ankles.

A woman called my family to let them know I would be coming home. A man came out and drove me back to me PIL’s (round the corner) and a parking warden cycled behind the car to ensure I got there safely and the both helped me in.

When I was 19 travelling in Nepal I became very ill and had a manic episode. A woman I met only 24 hours before travelled with me back across the country with her baby. I had been arrested and she stayed with me all the way back to the British consulate staying with me in god awful village prisons across the country.i was sectioned and I never saw her again. Awfully I can't remember her name but she was a true angel. She quite possibly saved me from awful treatment (I was beaten up as it was but without her there I dread to think what could of become of me).

@FestiveChristmasLights

My baby died in the NICU. A midwife had been looking after me and she came to say goodnight because her shift had ended. I remember she just sat beside me for hours and cuddled me whilst I cried. I’ll never forget how kind she was.

x

Sending much love to the posters with such tragic stories. Truly heartbreaking to read

@FestiveChristmasLights 💕

I work in a big city where people claim that no-one is interested in anyone else, yet I regularly meet kind people. I too have been offered an umbrella as a gift when I was out in pouring rain, and once when I tripped and hurt myself a number of total strangers gathered round to help me, pick up my belongings, offer tissues, and call an ambulance. Before lockdown, people regularly offered seats on crowded trains and buses and offered to help carry heavy cases. When my car broke down and I was waiting in blazing sun for the AA, two lovely men helped push it out of the way and three other people separately stopped to ask if I was OK and offer help. People are much nicer than they are given credit for.

@ParkheadParadise I know what you’re talking about, Christ it is hard. What a decent man

@FestiveChristmasLights I am so sorry for your loss and I’m glad the mow had be empathy And humanity to support you

I had a thing today when we pitched up at our holiday flat and couldn’t get in. One of our neighbours buzzed us in and when he found out we didn’t have street door keys he made a copy of his own key so we could get in and out. We had never met him before and he was so kind and helpful. I’m very grateful.

My mum fell recently, broke her arm and was in incredible pain. A teenage boy sat on the pavement and let her lean on him and then called an ambulance. How lovely is that?