What is the nicest thing...

[Bohne]

...a stranger has ever done for you?

[*Zeus*]

Slept with me

[rugeleyboy]

was that you i slept with zeus?????

[Bohne]

Hey *Zeus* you are easy to please...

:o)

[willspal]

A stranger gave me a pound coin the other month in the pay and display car park as I had not brought any change with me and was stood there hoping someone had change for a tenner. I was stunned.

WP

[yardie]

wilspal,

that stranger was in a good mood. i desperately tried to get a tenner changed to get a pound coin but couldnt and had to end up by a pack of soft mint.

Stranger does things for me but nothing exceptional i can remember.

Whatabout u Bohne what has a stranger done for you

[kick3m0n]

I've been given change for a ticket machine, an unused bus day saver ticket and a lovely family gave my wee boy a helium balloon that their daughter no longer wanted, which just made his day. I think the kindness of strangers is one of life's great joys. I always try to do a random act of kindness when I can, just for the karma lol. I have to say, that since I had my son 2.5 years ago, strangers seem to be kinder than ever, always willing to help you on or off a bus with baby and buggy, or hold the baby while you pick up change you've dropped etc. One lady who sat opposite my son and I on a recent bus journey, touched my arm as we were getting off, to say that she thought I was a wonderful mum, because I'd been chatting away to my wee boy (as I always do) for the entire journey, instead of ignoring him or even texting, as she'd seen one mum do recently. She said she just wanted to say "well done". Well, I nearly burst into tears. It was big Pants Week, and we'd had a rotten, hassly day and my son and I were just taking the trip for a bit of light relief to feed the ducks at a nearby river. The woman was so sincere and lovely, that it was possibly the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

[andy-hughes]

When we returned from holiday years ago, convinced that my wife was pregnant, we rushed down to get a test done. One the way back, the car packed up, having sat for two weeks, it decided not to co-operate, and stopped on one of the busiest roundabouts in the city. A car with four really dodgy looking lads stopped and approached us. My wife was startting to panic, but they were wonderful - they pushed our car off the road, and jump-started it for us, and waited until we were mobile before they drove off.

I always try and avoid judging people on appearence, and this was another good example of why it's a good idea to wait and see what people are like.

[spudqueen]

In tracing my family history I had occasion to write to a specialist newspaper about my Grandmother. They printed the letter and a total stranger sent me a copy of an article that had been in their local paper about my Grandmother. The incident took place in 1911 so they had gone to some trouble!

[whiskeysheri]

I was in a huge accident on the M1 about 10 weeks ago. The man driving behind me stopped, got me out of the car, kept me wrapped up, phoned the police/ambulance service and my mum and dad. He stayed with me long after the police had left until my dad arrived, even though he was, by then, late for a meeting 100 miles away.

He is now doing everything he can to help me claim against the man who caused the accident. I can't tell you how terrified I was (by myself) and how grateful I will always be to him.

xx WS xx

[cliffsdoll]

when my little lad was about 7 or eight, he had a starwars playstation game which he loved but he got stuck in one part and could'nt carry on, my 16 year old daughter asked her pen friend, an 18 year old lad how to do it as he also into playstation games, a few days later she opened a package from him, it contained a brand new complete walkthrough guide of the game saying hope it helps your little brother, i thought what a lovely person he must be and my little boy was overjoyed and completed the game many times over thanks to this kind act.

[Bohne]

There are a few things I remember.

Many years ago, when I was really upset because my wallet had been stolen, I guy asked me if I could get home, and when I said that I still had my travel card, he gave me two pounds for a cup of coffee, to calm down.
I thought that was very sweet.

Recently on a German site similar to this one, I told the story how my husband was in England, bought four or five boxes of PG tips and then lost them somewhere along his return trip, a girl said: Recently my neighbour gave me a box of PG tips. Then she sent them to me, without even accepting money for postage.

When at the beginning of my holidays waiting for some friends in Paris, sitting somewhere all on my own, a guy invited me for coffee, and took me to the Louvre to kill three or four hours.

Just little things, that really made my day, though.

So I try to give something back, occasionally, however, I realize that very often, I go through life quite thoughtless, like many people!

[bug123]

I was once writing a birthday card in the middle of the town centre, and as I was fumbling in my purse for a stamp the card blew out of my hand. I gave a half hearted chase but thought sod it, i'll just buy another card. Then all of a sudden this man came sprinting past, chasing the card! He managed to catch it and brought it back to me.

Another incident was when I was at work with a very sore throat. I literally had no voice. I served an elderly gentleman who seemed very concerned about me. A few minutes later he came back to me with a packet of sore throat sweets, which he had gone and bought especially for me. It nearly made me cry!

I always try and help people if I can - it makes me really happy to see someone else happy! I have given car park tickets with time still on them to other drivers, give up a seat on the bus/train and once I carried an elderly lady's shopping to her from the shop to the bus station. I think that if everybody made the effort to be nice and help each other a little more, the world would be a much nicer place!! :o)

[SaxyJag]

I play in a concert band, which often involves playing in the city centre in all weathers at all times of the year. Just before Christmas, on a particularly frosty evening, there we were again, freezing our nibbles off trying to play in tune for the late-night shoppers. Believe me, the Santa hats weren't just there for effect.

As we were packing up, a young couple came up and asked us how many we were. We told them and they duly disappeared into the nearest Macdonalds and came back with hot drinks all round. We asked them if they were council employees or something, but no. They were just passing, they, said, and thought we looked cold, so they got us some drinks.

I hope they had a really happy Christmas, because they deserved it.

[DaSwede]

Asking this question, Bohne, is a very nice thing to do for us all, as it gives us the chance to recall "the kindness of strangers".

[sholay]

About a year ago I was on the North Circular in London in the outside lane going about 60mph when the alternator on my motorbike decided to pack up. I couldn't get across to the hardshoulder before it died on me because of the traffic and ended up stopped on the central reservation. I was just starting to realise the amount of trouble I was in when I looked up and saw two bikers had been going past, seen I needed help and stopped. They came over to the central reservation and told me to get to not worry about the bike, but to get to the hardshoulder. I managed to dodge the traffic (very fast and heavy as everyone who knows the north circular will know) thinking they were right behind me.

I got to the other side, turned round and one of them was pushing my bike across 3 lanes of traffic with cars, vans and lorries coming at him! When I realised I'd forgotten my helmet, he went back and got it for me!!

To this day, I truely believe if they hadn't shown up at the exact moment they did, I would have been killed. I couldn't have pushed my bike across the road like that (I'm a girl!) and would have panicked.

A complete stranger risked his life for me and until the day I die, I will be eternally gratefull.

[Nummy]

it's lovely to see that there are still so many instances of people helping random strangers.

it's sad that in this day and age, a lot of people don't offer help in case of appearing 'intrusive' or nosy or the suspicion that they're up to no good.

a few months back, my car broke down on the way back from a festival - a busy road, and i was causing an obstruction...and not one person stopped to help...including a truck of Army lads! i was disappointed but not surprised. ( i must add that eventually a police man showed up and was incredibly nice, and the guy that came to tow the car was lovely)

[Bohne]

@DaSwede: And think about how little it sometimes takes to make somebody's day!
Often only time is involved and even that seems to be too much.

A pity, really!

[CT]

Not quite as good as some other tales here, but the most recent instance I can think off. I was ill a few weeks back with a haevy cold and basically didn't leave my place for about three days. My internet chum Haysi kept in contact with me, making sure that I was ok and keeping warm. I really appreciated that.

[bug123]

Giving me a 3 star rating for my earlier answer!! Thanks Bohne! :o)

[k@tie]

someone once changed my tyre when i was stuck 130 miles away from home....