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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Ballet dancersMany years ago, this barely into my 20's country bumpkin decided to take a day trip to London all on my lonesome.
Return ticket sorted. Plan was to spend the day shopping and sightseeing.
Got there ok, shopped, sightseed, ate my first and last ever Maccy D, yeuch.
Gets back to Victoria station to get my coach home.
Waits for my coach that doesnt arrive.
Realises that on my outward journey the driver had taken my return part of the ticket and i had been waiting for a coach home that had long gone.
The ticket office was just about to close but after much discussion of the problem they arranged another ticket for me to travel home in the morning.
So I'm stuck in the bus station and decide all I can do is try to sleep on a bench.
This was new, and sleep eluded me, specially as I was scared, nervous and pregnant ( unfortunately not for much longer :( ) and twice the police wanted to ask me why i was trying to sleep on a bench and what was in my bag full of London goodies.
So I'm sitting there trying to look savvy and not cry when 2 men approach me and ask if they can help.
I cant remember the actual conversation but then I found myself on a bus going somewhere in London with 2 guys who said they could get me a bed for the night.
I was wary but somehow they seemed genuine.
Was taken to a house in Maida Vale that was occupied by ballet dancers, it may have been members of the Ballet Rambert?
Anyway I was given a room that I could lock, I slept soundly and they made me a lovely breakfast and put me in a taxi to Victoria in the morning for my coach home.
Ive no idea what their names were or where in Maida Vale the house was.
But ive never forgotten that lovely act of kindness and if by any chance any of them are here and remember that, thank you :)
(, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 3:37, 2 replies)
This is yayand has made me slightly less apprehensive about my imminent trip to London next week!
*clicksen*
(, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 9:38, closed)
Good heavens you're trusting!
Glad it worked out okay for you, but christ...the start of that sounds like those stories that end "...discovered in a shallow grave in the woods."
(, Tue 7 Oct 2008, 15:01, closed)
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