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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New York 1 & 21. On a subway train in New York, I'd just picked up some Chris Ware comics for a friend (this is about ten years ago, you couldn't really get his stuff here then). I was sitting there flicking through them, surrounded by my bags of shopping, when a young couple asked me if it was Chris Ware I was reading. I said it was. They said they were going to an exhibiton of his stuff, and did I want to come. I said sure.
These two students took me there, helped carry my stuff, we chatted around the gallery, then got me back on the subway.
I had a lovely day.
2. In January this year, I was back in NY. I thought I could use my metro pass on the PATH, but forgot that only worked with season tickets, not PAYG. I was stuck, with an appointment to get to. There was a guy chatting to the station manager who saw me failing to find a single dollar note in my purse, asked the manager a question, and then called me over. He used his season card to scan me through, the manager said "I saw nuthin'", and refused to accept the dollar in change.
I was so shocked by this I was willing to talk about boxing with him and the manager.
NY is genuinely full of people like this.
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