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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In china( repost from 'unintentional freebies' qotw )
Whilst I was in China last year, as usual we were out on the town. We happened to stop at an unusual bar we hadn’t been to before.
Anyway we got talking to this Chinese guy, his name was Jackson (obviously not his real Chinese name- but a business English name)- a local business man - he could speak very good English. It seemed like he was trying to talk business to us, but after a short conversation we realised he was into the textile business and we were IT. So neither of us had anything to buy off each other. Instead we stayed in the bar for a short while, chatting about culture differences before heading off to another bar - with our new friend in tow.
This was about 9pm. We get to another bar and end up drinking into the very early hours (about 6am) at which point our new friend decides to leave and go home - we bid him farewell. We then finish our drinks and get up to leave about 30 minutes after Jackson. We then discover that the tab behind the bar has been paid by Jackson - well over £300 worth of drinks.
I never saw him again to thank him, on what was probably the most silent act of generosity I have ever seen. Apparently this is quite a common thing in China - its a sign of gentlemen respect. He silently paid the bill of, jumped into the taxi and went home.
(, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 9:25, 4 replies)
I like that.BTW: I thought of you the other day, on the way to work I walked past a building site & I heard someone shouting "Dan! Dan! Dan! (pause) DANNNNNNN!!!"
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 12:09,
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wowive made an impression on here?
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AbsolutelyI laugh everytime I see your name. Even youtubed the clip to remind myself.
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its something like"seriously though lynn have a word with the builder, when he bends down i can more or less see his anus...
THERES DAN! "
...and so on
(, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 14:42, closed)
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