I was taking a VMK tour at Disneyland with a bunch of other people. I met this older teenager (I was in middle school or elementary at the time) and we became friends in the game. I'm pretty sure he was just tolerating me but Chernaborg was a pretty cool guy. I think that's what his name was.
I went to a festival with my big sister when I was 13. I wore a summer dress that fell to about mid thigh and was walking through the forest at the back of the field with my aforementioned sister, when we saw this ~30 year old dude sat on a rock smoking some weed. He didn't ask my sister to join him, oh no, he asked little 13 year old me to join him. I was understandably freaked and just ignored him.
When I was 8, a stranger saw me crying in the street while my drunken, high mother was stumbling behind me (I had walked across town to bring her home because she had been out for hours) and hugged me, told me everything was going to be okay in the end, and offered to call Social Services. I declined, saying my dad was at home (he wasn't, he didn't live with us). After I got home, my other sister was there with my friend and they made sure I was okay, put my mum to bed with a glass of water, and made fish pie. I still can't eat fish pie to this day but I will always remember that woman I'd never met before trying to put things right for a random kid.
On a lighter note, today I saw a dude who obviously struggled to feed himself/afford a home (although I don't think he was homeless) dressed to the nines in an old, patched up suit, with crooked teeth and shoes with mismatched laces, find a £5 note on the ground. He walked around offering it to everyone in the vicinity before laughing and clutching it in his hands, walking towards the nearest pub. He looked at me and said "I'm going to have my first glass of whisky in 3 months!" and I just smiled and said "Looks like it's your lucky day mate! Enjoy it." He was so sweet and kind, and deserved that fiver more than anyone else. I'm glad he found it.
[–] Hyper_threaded 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I used to fly for a company I worked for. On my return trip my batteries died on my tablet right as we were taking off from the ground. A complete stranger next to me (Dad in his late 30's probably) Was totally cool to me, talked to me for a while then he shared one of his earbuds with me and let me watch an entire movie with him. Some movie about the White Sox's rigging a world series I think. Then we talked for a while about his wife and his newborn child at home. Where he was from, I was from, etc etc.. It was just a really cool experience with a really polite and awesome stranger.
[–] anon44568821830 ago
sex. the most memorable encounters with strangers for me.