[–] Iknownothing1 ago
A girlfriend of mine was outside smoking at work. A man came up to her asking for a cigarette. After she explained that she didn't have anymore on her, he took the one from her hand and walked away b
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.
[–] Redditsdead ago
I had just finished a two week course in SF and was heading to the airport. I was wired to get home so I was bouncing off the walls. I stopped at a gas station and was rushing to get smokes and chew for friends back home. The older black gentleman noticed my frantic attitude and very slowly said "son, you need to slow down and relax". I disregarded him immediately. Who was he to tell me how to live my life. At the time I was climbing the ladder pretty quickly and doing well for myself. Well, what he said stuck with me. I'd think about it all the time, in my free moments. Not terribly long later I demoted myself and went back to a position that had a schedule I liked. I gave up on advancing my career and have since focused on my personal life. I've never been happier. I've been contemplating going back to SF just to try and track him down and thank him. In some ways, he was more influential on my life than my parents.
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.
[–] EdMar 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
At a Black Keys concert last year, struck a chord with people behind me. They noticed my boss Sonic the Hedgehog t-shirt, and we started talking. Turns out the entire group of us, 3 couples in total, whom had never met previously, were going to the same Muse concert in about a month in Charlotte, NC. Had the greatest time talking and hanging out with them at a smashing concert. Wish I had gotten some contact info or something, they were cool as hell. Heres to my drunken concert friends. Good times.....
[–] LizardBreathe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I was leaving a hotel in downtown to hop a bus home. Halfway down the block, this woman comes racing down the sidewalk yelling and trying to get my attention. This is 9:30 on a Saturday morning, in a mostly business part of the city (no clubs or bars except at the hotel).
I stop thinking she wants to bum a cig. She runs up to me and says: "Do you have 10 minutes? We are suppose to be getting married right now and forgot to bring witnesses! Please say you will help me."
And so I did. That was more than a decade ago and I no longer recall their names.
[–] LizardBreathe ago
The courthouse was across the street, but it was empty for the most part. They were the last in line on Friday evening, but an emergency came up with the judge, so he promised to show up the next morning, even though it was a weekend, and get it done so they could go on their honeymoon later that day. They had witnesses on Friday, but overlooked them for the following morning. This is when only business men and medical staff had mobile phones.
[–] 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.