The nicest thing someone's ever done for meIn amongst all the tales of bitterness and poo, we occasionally get fluffy stories that bring a small tear to our internet-jaded eyes.
In celebration of this, what is the nicest thing someone's done for you? Whether you thoroughly deserved it or it came out of the blue, tell us of heartwarming, selfless acts by others.
Failing that, what nice things have you done for other people, whether they liked it or not?
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chthonic, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 16:14)
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Saved my jobIn my last job I was subject of upper-management's scapegoat regime when a customer's systems failed (long story, but basically something broke and it wasn't labelled correctly, so I wasn't willing to take down their entire network for one server).
I had a disciplinary hearing coming up, no warnings, just a letter on my doormat.
My boss, the helpdesk boss and a friend of a friend (disciplinary and H&S expert) all stepped in and helped me.
It turned out the company was doing some serious wrongdoings in terms of lone workers and the disciplinary procedure (I hadn't had a written or verbal warning before the hearing) so my friend's friend called them, and within the space of a 10 minute phone call, upper management were running around like headless chickens and my disciplinary turned into an informal chat about my performance.
I took in a massive wad of good work evidence (on advice from my boss and the tech support boss) and all was explained and sorted there and then.
(, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 17:27, Reply)
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