Big or small, what was your last act of random kindness?

Mine was insignificant, but I did help a guy gather up a bunch of papers that had fallen out of his wallet. The wind was blowing the papers all over the parking lot, and he couldn't get to them fast enough.

Picked a bottle off the top shelf for an elderly lady. And putting 10 cents in both coke machine change removal thingys. It sucks when the machine eats your money and you don't have anymore change.

If I pull one out and there is an elderly person there, I give it to them and get a new one for me.

oh, and I planted some fruit trees and berries for the wildlife

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rocknation

Never saw him before but having been there, done that, I felt like someone should help him out. Got his car started and pointed out where an auto parts place was, about a half mile from where we were at. Whether he went there or not is unknown.

About a month ago two dogs, a female bulldog and a wienerrhimer (sp) were sitting in the middle of a major road. The road has a 55mph limit and they were sitting in a dangerous spot below a hill. I stopped and coaxed them off to the shoulder. The Wienerrimer had a collar so I was able to hold him, the sweet little bulldog just rolled on her back for a tummy rub. I was trying to figure out how to get them into my truck to take them home when their humans arrived. The couple were just beside themselves with worry and concern, the poor woman was in tears. It felt great!

I decided not to get my hair cut for a year so I can grow it long enough to donate to make a wig for a child with cancer or alopeica SP?(congenital condition that makes you permanently lose all your hair.)

I sent my hair to Locks for Love just about the time the antrax attacks were happening. If you'll recall, there were some anthrax attacks in Florida too, which just happens to be where Locks for Love is located.

Everyone was kind of nervous in those days.

I went down to the post office with my little package addressed to
Florida and the postal clerk asked me what was in my package.

Everyone in line gave me the strangest looks when I told him it was my hair. LOL.

True story.

That's a beautiful gift that requires a lot of sacrifice. Kudos to you!

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We were digging around in a free box, he was looking for clothes for his daughter.I had palmed it, and he admired my find. I asked if his daughter would like it and gave it to him. That felt good. :)

That would have been a great subject line in the now-banned game, Mlle Boppin.

Your mother would be proud. :eyes: :D

I found in the free box after I noticed she was admiring it so much. That was my random act of kindness.

My mother would most certainly NOT be impressed with that.

Seriously, though, that was nice what you did for that man. :hug:

I'm not sure where the car broke down .

But they came up to our door and asked if we
had a gas can they could use . We loaned them
a gas can and sure enough a couple of hours later
it was returned to us . I wonder how many people
turned them down .

On my way to work there was a cyclist in front of me hit a rut, got nudged towards a row of parked cars, and went head over handlebars. His face was the first thing to hit the pavement (ouch). I pulled over, and he was lying face-down, motionless with a small pool of blood. He didn't respond to anything for awhile, but after a minute his girlfriend and I got him to talk. He rolled over, and he was bleeding like a stuck pig from his broken nose, and his teeth had gone through his lower lip (ouch again). I grabbed a fleece I had in my car, and staunched the bleeding with it (I know from experience paper-based products stick to cuts like that and hurt like hell to pull off).

Oh, and as part of a rant, he had no medical insurance and he and his gf were petrified to take an ambulance because they couldn't afford it. And we call this country civilized. Fucking pathetic.

Yay for selflessness! :-) :-) :thumbsup:

To be honest with you, I really didn't even think about it until I was out of my car. The story has a happy ending for my fleece too. Soaking it in soda water and baking soda took the blood right out. So no harm endured on my part!

I bet if you hadn't used it so selflessly, you'd have done some irreparable damage to it later in the day, like tearing it on a protruding piece of metal or something.

And then you'd have been like, why the hell didn't I ruin it doing something worthwhile??:-)

why my boxer shorts always get holes in them. God knows I couldn't do any public works with those things. :)

You're obviously a very bad man and you deserve it, though!:D

Once I saw a biker who landed on his face. It was in Louisville, Kentucky, on the Interstate. He fucking died. His face was mashed all up into his helmet.

(Sorry for the gory story, but it's just one of those things you never forget.)

Good for you. I feel a little bit better about the whole world knowing that there are people like you out there.

a quarter or whatever and 95% of it gets paid back, I give money to guys on the street corner often,

I am giving my neighbor computer 101 classes to him and his wife (they just bought one and haven't a CLUE how to use it)

I never leave my shopping cart in a parking spot (that is one of the thoughtless things people do that just drives me nuts! (you can't take 30 seconds to take the cart out of the way when you're done with it!?! Please!)

I let people merge into my lane of traffic every time I can (very unusual for a Phoenix driver)

I share a smile all day long and that's probably the kindest thing I do on a regular basis. I smile at people randomly in lines or in traffic--usually they look bewildered but then they SMILE BACK!

I give money to those standing on street corners and I always take my shopping cart back to the return spot! I always smile at people in lines or in traffic and at those who check me out at the stores I frequent! I always let those in traffic go before me. And I took my Yorkie to the Vet this past week, because she was so miserable from scratching herself, even tho' we are currently unemployed and can't really afford it! She was greatful! And I always put my husband and sons first! They are my life!

I didn't realize the problem until I had walked into the store. I returned and helped her find the entrance.

I guess giving away my Kerry bumperstickers doesn't count. ;-)

Nailed on the hurricane anchors.

I was at a vending machine at work, and a nice young man was waiting for me to finish. He was disappointed when he saw the "use change only" light was flashing and he only had a dollar bill. I gave him change, and he said it made his day.

If I can do something small to brighten someone's day, it's a good day for me.

Edited to correct typo.

I passed by two nuns that were waiting to cross the street. Three meters yards later, I passed the pole that held the traffic lights. I noticed there was a button in it, it seemed to be one of those lights in which you can summon the green light. Pushed it and, sure enough, the light went instantaneously to yellow, and then green.

After my last Metro trip when I left DC the other day.

I was done with it, and it had 2 or 3 more days still on it. I LOVE doing stuff like that!

I was in the breakfast food aisle of the supermarket today buying some grits when I came across a family. The parents looked like they were about 22-23 years old, and their kid was running 'em ragged. They had him pick out the cereal he liked, and he came back with about six boxes of (strangely enough) Cheerios. They told him to put one in the cart and the rest back on the shelf. "But what if they run out?" The same thing with two or three other items. Finally, when he did it with pop-tarts, I figured they'd had enough.

I dropped to one knee and told the kid "come here." He did.

"You know those great big trucks that you see when you drive around?" He did.

"Well, all of those trucks are full of this stuff." They are?

"Yeah, and they bring it right here." They do?

"Yeah, so they'll never run out, ever." The kid went back to his mom and only got one box of the next few things his mom sent him for. Because they'll never run out, so you don't have to stock up for the winter.

The father walked up to me a couple minutes later. "How did you do that?" Being in retail helps.

Funny story! Good going!

Thanks for sharing! It's amazing the talents and tolerances retail teaches us, isn't it?

For me (at a record store), it was the ability to listen to just about any type of music--hating much of it, agreed, but managing to find listenable songs of all types

(except for contemporary Christian-- I'd rather poke a pencil through my ear than listen to CC.)

then I PM'd her what I sent him to lift her spirits.

Today I gave a guy two quarters at the car wash - he was out of money and still spraying. :D

...$10 to last me until payday--and I hadn't even gone to the grocery store!

It happened last Monday.

I race r/c cars and he needed some setup help on his truck. It's hard to help people when once they know you're helpful, they tend to bug the hell out of you until you yell at them for soliciting too much assistance.

I know that does not sound like much but as far as I am concerned, she can curl up and die! That being said, she was recently in a car accident and I lost six months of my life (I was bed ridden) to a car accident about eight years ago. I still have effects from it. My sil had her spleen taken out and is very susceptible to infection. I offered, and she accepted, some anti-bacterial soap. Heck, I have about 30 bottles of the darn stuff - free with coupons, you know! Anyway, even though we do not talk and have a feud going, I was nice to her. It took all of my strength, but I did it. I think it means more when it is something you do not want to do at all.

Christina