What's the nicest thing a complete stranger has done for you?

[LouBoo]

I had some kinda lady this morning who gave me her 2 hour parking ticket when she realised she'd parked in the wrong area!

[Lonnie]

Hard to remeber all the nice things, but the one that stick in my memory, had to take my daughter for a blood test, she's 21, with a mental age of approx 20 monthe, and Autistic, a real handful, the waiting room was full, we ha No 63. and all, with no exceptions, insisted we went to the front.

[libertie]

A couple of years ago I was on my way to visit my brother with my mum and small granddaughter when my car broke down on a very busy stretch of the city by-pass. A lovely couple stopped and the lady took my mum and granddaughter to my brothers house - 4 miles away - while her husband waited with me at the side of the road until the AA arrived, the lady then returned to pick up her husband. Two genuinely nice people!!

[Loosehead]

I often give my parking ticket to someone else when there's a fair bit of time left. In fact in Bournemouth there is a shopping centre that is using a machine where you have to enter the numbers in your registration so that you can't pass on the tickets! So I suppose round here at least, it's quite common.

[spudqueen]

In the course of researching my family history I wrote a letter to 'Worlds Fair' (the show people newspaper), about an incident my Gran was involved in. Someone read my letter and went to their local archive library and photocopied the relevant article from their local newspaper (which was the area the incident had happened in) and just sent it to me. There are some nice people out there. I like to 'pass the favour on', so when there was a letter in my local paper where someone was trying to find the house where their great grandparents lived I had a hunch it wasn't actually our village they were looking for but a neighbouring one so drove there, found the house and wrote and told them where it was.

[andy-hughes]

The day we returned from holiday convinced my wife was pregnant, we were rushing to get a test done, and the car broke down on the way, on a very busy stretch of road. A car with four lads stopped, the gave us a push to the side of the road and offered to wait until the AA arrived. I didn't moan about 'the youth of today' for some considerable time after that!

[Kingaroo]

I often remember the kind custodian who let me into an out of service bathroom when I desperately needed to pump breast milk in a shopping mall.

[andyjevs]

I can't remember any acts of kindness anyone has done for me....but i often give my ticket if there's any time on it.

But......i will very occasionally see a stunning girl walking through out local park. Now i am happily married with a lovely daughter and there's no way this gorgeous young lady would fancy a fat, bald nearly 40 bloke.

But, i keep getting the over whelming urge to just go up to this girl and say
"excuse me, i'm not an old perv and i'm not trying to pull you...i'm happily married etc but i simply think you're the most gorgeous girl i've ever seen.....thank you, goodbye"

Should i do it or will i get a smack in the mouth

[sammd]

andyjevs - don't do it! I've had it done to me and it freaks me out! Perhaps say it to your wife instead ;)

[snook]

Ooh, andyjevs, we've all been there mate! Should I or shouldn't I?? Actually, the worst that could happen (assuming she's not actually being anonymously stalked at present, in which case she'll scream for the police!) is she'll give you a dirty look and walk away. Much more likely is you'll get a lovely smile from her and you'll feel great - and so will she. And it'd be something to remember, wouldn't it, instead of thinking, every now and again, "If only I'd said something...".

[smurfchops]

Not for me but for my daughter. She lost her purse in London and someone posted it back to her (obviously her address was on her ID card inside) and we can't even thank him. I even posted a thread for him (his name is Lucas) to say Thank you in case he was an ABer but got no reply. So thank you Lucas ! Although there was no cash in there, the credit card and driving licence were intact.

[mycatis]

A few years ago I moved out of a womans aid refuge and into a new house with nothing but my clothes, my sons clothes and one bag of personal belongings. We had been there a week when there was a knock at the door and a man was standing there saying, "Hi I'm Robert and I'm from a local comminity group, we've brought some Christmas presents for your son." Well I cried for about an hour. We had nothing and had been through such a terrible time that these strangers kindness restored my faith in people.

[irisred]

Actually one of the nicest things someone has ever done for me is come up and tell me how lovely my smile is and how happy I made them because I was smiling!

Andyjevs, you must tell this girl, if she's a nice person she'll really appreciate it, if she's not then she'll scowl at you and run off but at least then you'll know her beauty is only skin deep!

[AliFlump]

Andy, tell her if you wish but for heavens sake dont whistle!!! :-)

[Robinia]

Some years ago I was very ill in hospital on a very large ward. One day a lady a little way down on the opposite side had the most beautiful bouquet delivered from her son. Everyone commented on it. Next morning she was told she could go home & before she left she gave me her flowers. When I protested that her son might be upset she just smiled & said he'd buy her some more. Still brings a lump to my throat.

[claireyfairy]

physically picked me up when my crutches slipped from under me and i fell over in the middle of uni on tuesday!

[undercovers]

i was day dreaming whilst getting cash from an ATM at about 10ish at night somewhere in a dodgy bit of london, got my reciept took the card and off i went... 30 seconds later i hear "oi oi you" - well lived there long enough to know never to turn round when called so kept walking - well shouting continued "oi you stop oi i said stop"... i quickened my pace, then a hand land on my shoulder, spinning round i see a huge guy leaning over me looking annoyed "you left you cash in the machine" he said as he thrust 40 quid into my hands then jogged off... i shouted "thanks, hey you thanks very much" ... but he didn't look back.

[Otrere]

This is really sad but at 34 years old I cannot think of anything nice that a stranger has done for me. I think all you stories are lovely though.

[turquoise]

A few years back I was stranded at Golders Green Station cos of the snow. I couldn't get my dad to pick me up cos he was stranded in Paddington. So i went to KFC to get some food and have a sit down, and I sat next to this lady as it was packed. Then we got talking a bit, and I said i'd be here all night, I can't get home, then she asked me, well my mum's gonna come pick me up, how about you come in with us and we could take you to Colindale as she lived in Colindale. I was amazed as it was such a kind gesture, I took up the offer and I was travelling in the car with complete strangers. I managed to get home from Colindale as my sister's mate had to pick me up lol. I got home around 01.30am, and i even made it home earlier than my dad! If you're reading this and remember, thank you ever so much! x

[emmagleb]

My best friend and I were getting the train back from London late one night up to Rugby. Being poor students we'd opted for the non-direct route which was a tenner less. We got all the way up to Northampton where we had to change, when we realised there was no connecting train. By this time it was midnight on a thursday - far too late to call for a lift and a cab was too expensive. I double checked with one of the station porters and he confirmed that there was no train, and we'd have to travel back south to get one. When I asked if he knew of a cheap local B&B we could go to he took pity and wanted to help. He ended up calling another train (a rival Virgin one) and persuading it to make an unscheduled stop just to pick us up, then for it to stop again just for us in Rugby. That level of kindness is rare these days, we both thanked the orange-jacketed chap and it made his evening to see how grateful we were!

[claireybear]

I liked the story that was on Radio 1 recently with Scott Mills. A young woman had been dumped by her fiance very close to xmas and not wanting to spoil her parents and friends plans or pass on her depression on a happy day she went to the pub for the day. While sat there looking miserable a couple of blokes got chatting to her and when they heard her story they insisted she return with them to their family. From what she said they took her to their bossom and treated her as one of the family for the day. That had me weeping at 8.30 in the morning.