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!

[snook]

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[flatearth]

if you havent had anything nice done to you, Why not do something nice for someone. Ive a feeling it always comes back to you.

[pauline lee]

In my early twenties I was divorced with two kids under 3 years, no job and no money, and living in mums front room. Dad was on sick pay, which wasn't much in those days. Christmas was four weeks away. The man in their corner shop was selling up and the week before Christmas he came round with several bags of toys he had in his shop and gave them to me for the children.

I will never forget his kindness and should I get the opportunity to do anything for him then I would be happy to do so. I try to do the same to help others when I get the chance.

[sense4all]

When I was pregnant and a tyre blew out on the M4 a lovely guy insisted on changing the wheel for me to save me waiting for the AA.This was much appreciated as it was around the time a lady went missing from the side of the road ..... he said he would have thought twice about it had his wife not been in the car for fear of encouraging labour to start.

[sanfran]

When you think of it, it's nice that ABers answer strangers' questions!

[Bohne]

When I had my wallet stolen once, a guy (no, he was not the thief...) gave me some money.

He did not tell me his name or address!

I thought that was nice!

[Solarjunkie]

Quite a few, happily, & I always hope something kind I did made someone's day.

I was dashing to get the train which was already at the platform and found when I got to the car park ticket machine that the price had gone up since the last time I'd been there, and I was 20p short. A guy nearby took the money from me & urged me to catch the train. When I got back, I found the correctly priced ticket stuck under my windscreen wiper. Thanks mate.

[Wispy68]

I have two stories which still give me a bit of a lump in my throat when I think about them.

When my daughter was about six or seven, a Pools representative knocked on the door and as I opened it, my daughter fell down the stairs and was crying her eyes out as she'd hurt herself. The man looked really concerned and had tears in his eyes. He returned about half an hour later, with a bag of sweets in his hand, to cheer her up. My daughter soon felt better!!

I was in Asda, trying to persuade my special needs son to try on a pair of slippers, but he was having none of it. He was screaming the place down and everyone was doing the usual gawping thing. I was getting really stressed with it all, until another shopper came over to me (I was expecting her to tell me to 'shut the child up') and started chatting to my son and stroking his hair, while I managed to successfully put the slippers on his feet. I finished my shopping calmly and with a big smile on my face!

[Dark Angel]

Once I was travelling on the London underground on my own, and it was quite late in the evening. When I got to the train ticket machine, I found I had no change. So I asked someone to change a tenner, which he did. An elderly gentleman saw me speaking to this chap, and he stopped in the middle of a packed station, and asked me, "Can I help you my dear, are you alright?" I thought that was really nice that a stranger took the trouble to ask if he could help, even though in this case, I didn't need it.