Another helping an old lady cross the road story
Walking back home one evening, I saw an old lady hesitantly standing by the side of a fairly busy road. Every so often she seemed to lean forward as though to cross, then another car would come past. As I came closer I saw she was blind, making crossing a road without a set of lights even more difficult.

I debated with myself for a bit whether to offer to help her cross the road or not, having been firmly told that a lot of old people and a lot of blind people for that matter do not appreciate help of that nature, then decided that if she was still there by the time I'd got to my house I'd pop back and help her. Sure enough, after I'd dropped the shopping off, she was still standing there so I jogged back up the road to help.

Asked politely (probably apologetically actually) if she needed a hand crossing the road since it was rather busy. She looked at me with confusion evident. 'Oh no dear," she said. 'I'm just waiting for the bus.' I hope it's the thought that counts
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 18:11, Reply)