As I was leaving Tesco this afternoon the trolley behind me very gently bumped into me. It wasn't a problem at all.
Then I heard a man say "you should look where you're going, you need to look in front of you not behind, that's the third time you've done that". He sounds really pissed off.
As I returned my trolley the woman who bumped me apologised.
I said it was fine.
She then said "well, I got a telling off.".
I asked "is he often like that?"
She said yes, and then I said "I'm so sorry, you don't need to put up with that".
Tears welled in her eyes and she mumbled a thank you and said that my kindness had made her cry. nb the chap had marched ahead so didn't hear any of this i.e I didn't risk making things worse for her.
I felt so sad for her. Obviously I have no idea what's going on, but on the face of it I saw a defeated woman walking on egg shells.