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?
(
chthonic, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 16:14)
« Go Back
one from meas its almost time for home.
A good friend of mine was (and still is) rather strapped for cash after a few personal disasters, shit ex boyfriends and career moves.
Her car had been making a few rattly noises recently and had an MOT coming up in the next month but her being penniless couldn't afford it.
I pointed out that we still hadn't gone to a pagan bookshop in covent garden to get her birthday present from last year, and if we rolled the next birthday and christmas inoto the equation I would pay for the car to be serviced instead. She agreed, car was dropped off at the garage and we toddled off to find me a couple of nice shirt / tie combos for some upcoming weddings.
4 or 5 hours later we wandered back to the garage for the results, things started to go wrong when the man at the desk said "Ah yes, the Fiesta" and went to get a mechanic.
oh dear.
He had a sheet of paper with all the bits wrong with it.
At some point after listing brake discs, brake pads, brake cables, wheel bearings, suspension, steering column, hand brake offside lights he paused.
Phew its gonna hurt but not tooo bad I thought.
He had paused to turn over the sheet of paper and proceeded to list more things that were wrong / broken / well and truly fucked to a state it was a deathtrap.
To the tune of over £1000.
Which was by a factor of quite a few times more expensive than the cost of the original full service.
My friend went white, then puce, then white again. she needs car for job as she does shift work, which she she starts in 4 days, no car, no job, no money and round and round in a vicious debt circle until the men from the company come along and take everything she owns.
We haggled the repairs down to £984.67 and I paid for the lot.
Then I went straight home as I had 2 weddings in two days to attand.
(, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 18:10, 2 replies)
a click for you'cos that's bloody nice of you.
(, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 4:24, closed)
« Go Back