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Someone was just very kind to me

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Sairelou · 09/03/2017 14:53

I'm still feeling a bit emotional about it too!

I took DCs to Morrisons cafe as we needed a couple of bits on the way home from the park and they were getting hungry. I went to pay and my contactless card wasn't working Blush I couldn't remember my PIN either and after a couple of tries I was getting really flustered and hoping the ground would swallow me up. Typically I had left my credit card at home and no cash on me. I went to get DS who was sitting down at a nearby table to leave (bracing myself for the inevitable tantrum, understandably!) and the gentleman behind me in the queue offered to pay for our lunch!

I've put something on my FB page and hoping to track him down so I can repay him and I will certainly do the same if I see anyone else in that situation (provided I can remember my sodding PIN). Smile

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neonrainbow · 09/03/2017 16:06

I love these threads Grin when I was in premature labour one of the nurses went out of her way in the middle of her shift to go and find me a more comfortable bed which she swapped by herself. She didn't have to but she felt sorry for me I think. Probably didn't mean much to her but it did to me.

krustykittens · 09/03/2017 16:09

Many years ago, I was waiting for a bus to get me to an exam at uni. FOr some reason, the best didn't turn up and I was beginning to panic. I went to the local mini cab office, got in the cab and explained to the driver that I only had a tenner on me so if he could get me as far as a tenner would get me, I would walk the rest of the way. When he realised I was late for an exam, he took me the whole way, free of charge and refused a penny. "This is more important than money, it's your future,". I still smile when I think of him. These kindnesses mean the world, no matter who you are.

MsMarvel · 09/03/2017 16:09

A few years ago I was in a busy train station on my way back from a horrific interview. Very amazing sounding job and company was actually door to door sales.

I was utterly miserable, in agony because is worn heels, and just wanted to go home and curl up in a ball.

Had ages to wait for my train , and was bursting for the toilet, so walk (in my bare feet, carrying my shoes) to the train toilets. Where you needed 20p to get in. I had the money in coppers but not the 20p that was needed.

Getting slightly teary at this point (build up of awful day) and asked a man if he had a 20p I could swap with my change. He gave me the 20p and refused to take my money in return.

Much to his embarasment I burst out crying at his kindness. It was such a minor thing that he probably didn't even think twice about, but it was the first nice thing that had happened to me all day and I'm still so thankful of his kindness.

mineallmine · 09/03/2017 16:11

This happened to my friend. She was arriving into Dublin airport with her newly adopted daughter and the queue for immigration was really long. One of the people in the immigration booths spotted them (their dd came from Vietnam so clearly adopted) and came out from his booth and brought them straight through past the queue, saying that he figured they and their dd had had an exhausting enough journey.

When we were adopting our dd, we had to have an accountant give a report on our financial status. He wouldn't accept any fee. Our doctor had to do medical school on us, he wouldn't accept any fee.

There are so many nice people in the world.

Deathraystare · 09/03/2017 16:11

Awww Mycats that is so lovely!

SerialReJoiner · 09/03/2017 16:13

When my two eldest were tiny, DD kicked off in Tesco because her 9-ish month old brother pulled her hair (I don't blame her!). I was trying to calm her screams as they reverberated through the shop, and a lady came up to me to say I was doing a brilliant job. She didn't stop screaming for a while, but it suddenly felt bearable.

mineallmine · 09/03/2017 16:13

Breton, your story about the man on the train made me tear up too. Sounds like a real gentleman.

DianaMemorialJam · 09/03/2017 16:14

I went into m and s for a few it's the other day and they said something about 'do you not have the 20% off' something or other

Another customer bounded up to the toll and she said 'oh do you need the 20% off?? My friends have been collecting these for me' and got out her purse and gave me one!

I was chuffed

I always give the person next to me at the boots till my points as I don't have a boots card

DianaMemorialJam · 09/03/2017 16:16

Till not toll

MiddlingMum · 09/03/2017 16:17

This is a lovely thread.

A while ago I stopped off at a convenience store to get a few bits of food. The cashier rang the amount up, then I realised I didn't have my purse. I explained and apologied, and was about to put it all back when the man behind me (who without being judgemental, looked rather "rough") said "I'll get it, you'll be needing that for your tea."

There's a lot of kindness in the world.

Abraiid2 · 09/03/2017 16:21

It's not financial, but I was on a train recently, feeling very sad about a very close friend having died. The man next to me started talking gently to me about the view from the window and showed me some photos of flowers on his phone. He said he was planning his garden for the year.

I wasn't crying but he must have seen that I was very low.

He had a really kind face.

PippilottaViktualia · 09/03/2017 16:25

Oh, such a nice thread. There are so many nice people in the world it's easy to forget that sometimes.

A few years ago, when I was having my 9th miscarriage I'd been bleeding on an off for weeks but nothing was happening, the hospital were threatening surgery and I was desperate to just miscarry at home like I'd always done before. So, anyway I'd decided a walk around the shops might get things moving and also take my mind off my worries. When I was in H&M I felt the pain had ramped up a bit and the bleeding felt heavier, I looked down and there was blood dripping on the floor. Before I knew it I was haemorrhaging, fainting, coming round, fainting again. It was awful. Anyway a long story short the manager took me into the back and when the ambulance came unknown to me handed the paramedics a bag with a change of clothes and some pyjamas, all new off the shelf. It was so kind of her, I'll never forget that. After I got out of hospital I took her flowers and a thank you card and went to pay for the clothes but she wouldn't hear of it. Such a kind lady.

SapphireStrange · 09/03/2017 16:25

Abraiid2, that's made me sob. What a beautiful, kind thing to do. I'm so sorry about your friend.

Diamonddealeroncemore · 09/03/2017 16:27

I travelled to Cardiff with my daughter, she had an interview and audition for the uni. We walked for miles from the train station to find it, then the security guard at reception told us there are two universities and we were at the wrong one! She was going to be late, but the security guy called his colleague and he drove us in their truck across town to where we needed to be so she got there in time. What a lovely couple of blokes, we were so grateful.

BretonRose · 09/03/2017 16:32

Thank you Enid and Mine

StrangeLookingParasite · 09/03/2017 16:36

Oh boy, BretonRose got me started and Pippilotta finished me off and I'm in public too.

alltouchedout · 09/03/2017 16:39

Oh Pippilotta. So glad you were shown such kindness at such an awful time.

BewtySkoolDropowt · 09/03/2017 16:42

This thread should come with a warning: do not read when hormonal...

sniff

VladmirsPoutine · 09/03/2017 16:42

I once asked a black cab driver how much my £20 would take me as I was in central london and needed to head back east. It was about 2am and the machine had swallowed my card. When we got to my destination he didn't want a single penny and the meter was on something like £50.

FleeBee · 09/03/2017 16:44

I had to take my youngest DD to A & E as she'd fallen & cut her head it was bleeding heavily.

I couldn't find a space in the car park & was getting upset driving round when a car park warden found me sobbing took me directly to a space & explained to the other drivers who were waiting.

After being seen & cut glued I went back to the car & realised I hadn't brought my purse in my panic & asked if I could call DH to bring me some money. The warden let me out of the car park without paying. I was so grateful to him.

Meepicheep · 09/03/2017 16:44

On holiday in Cornwall/Devon a couple of years ago, my little one REALLY needed to wee. The toilets were those 20p a wee jobs in Plymouth.

We had no cash. Son is now DESPERATE.

Nice man hands my husband two 20p pieces (in case the wife wanted a wee too) and everyone, much relieved, continued the day with a smile.

Towards the end of the holiday, in Boscastle (we do a lot of driving while away), husband took little one for a wee again. This time we had cash - but another tourist didn't. Husband handed over the money to the tourist who said thank you, then they recognised each other from Plymouth. Same guy, same situation.

bialystockandbloom · 09/03/2017 16:47

Aw what nice stories.

Years ago when ds was a newborn I was in the Peter Jones cafe, ds screaming his head off for milk. I was struggling to sort it all out in a new mum incompetent flustered kind of way, looked up and saw two women staring at me. My eyesight is shit and I thought they were tutting etc, so I glared right back at them. Then one came over and said "oh sweetheart we weren't judging, we just remembered how hard it all is at that stage". I bloody burst into tears twat Blush

I once saw the actress who plays hard nut Shirley in Eastenders in Sainsbury's, helping a hugely pregnant woman pack her shopping, load the trolley and wheel it out to the car park for her. Sweet.

LoudestRoar · 09/03/2017 16:47

I had to have a smear test a few days before Christmas. Chatting with the nurse as you do, she mentioned she hadn't been able to find fresh cranberries to make cranberry sauce for Christmas day.
After my appointment I went to the shops, and there was one lonely bag of cranberries on the shelf. I got them, and took them back to the surgery for her. She'd just been almost elbow deep in my vag, the least I could do was buy her fresh cranberries Grin

ChrisYoungFuckingRocks · 09/03/2017 16:48

Someone did something nice for me yesterday. I had just stopped outside our block of flats after doing shopping, and had loads of very heavy bags (and two grumpy DC). One of the upstairs neighbours was holding the door to the block open for me, and I called out to him not to worry, as I had loads of shopping (meaning he should go home and not worry about holding the door). He immediately came to the car, took most of my bags out of the boot and carried them right to my front door for me. I was so grateful I could've cried. I've not lived here long and had only ever greeted him once in passing. Grin

bialystockandbloom · 09/03/2017 16:48

Vladimir I've had similar from black cab drivers, was stranded at Liverpool St station at 1am years ago. A lovely cab driver took me home for no money. Black cabbies rock!