The Kindest Things
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The RX Morning Rush’s Hot Ten today was interesting: What was the kindest thing you did for a complete stranger?
Here are some of the sent-in anecdotes that inspired me:
One guy while dining on a restaurant with his girlfriend was approached by a little boy asking for a few changes. They asked the boy to sit down with them and bought food for him and they had dinner together.
While on the mall, a lady was approached by 2 very young kids looking lost and asked her “San’ po makakabili ng aklat?” and showed a list of apparently school books they needed. She was actually touched by their use of the word “aklat”.
Another lady was on a boutique when she noticed a rather chubby girl trying on a dress. That girl really looked like she wanted to buy the dress but was thinking twice perhaps because of her figure. The lady approached her told her straight not to worry about anything and that the dress looked good on her. The girl bought the dress after that.
A man crashed his speeding motorcycle on a concrete island on the street. The man flew and hit another concrete wall face first. Everyone just stared as the driver struggled to move. Then another guy immediately stopped his car and helped the driver get to his car so they could go to the nearest hospital. There were lots of people just a few feet away of the motorcycle driver and they just stood there and did nothing.
An older guy just finished doing transactions on an ATM. When the younger guy next in line proceeded to make his transactions, but before he did anything he was surprised to see a bunch of 1 thousand peso bills come out of the machine. The man before him apparently forgot to take the cash. The guy took the cash and ran after the older man and gave it to him. The older man thanked the guy so much because as it turned out, the money was for his wife’s operation on the nearby hospital.
Here’s my story (well, not directly mine), one of the graphic designers on my team is a brilliant artist and he slaves himself working on his designs. One day, a consultant approached him and said “Thanks, that was a great design and I closed the deal!” Shortly after that, I noticed the designer getting teary eyed and said that that was the first time someone had thanked him for his work.
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The RX Morning Rush’s Hot Ten today was interesting: What was the kindest thing you did for a complete stranger?
Here are some of the sent-in anecdotes that inspired me:
One guy while dining on a restaurant with his girlfriend was approached by a little boy asking for a few changes. They asked the boy to sit down with them and bought food for him and they had dinner together.
While on the mall, a lady was approached by 2 very young kids looking lost and asked her “San’ po makakabili ng aklat?” and showed a list of apparently school books they needed. She was actually touched by their use of the word “aklat”.
Another lady was on a boutique when she noticed a rather chubby girl trying on a dress. That girl really looked like she wanted to buy the dress but was thinking twice perhaps because of her figure. The lady approached her told her straight not to worry about anything and that the dress looked good on her. The girl bought the dress after that.
A man crashed his speeding motorcycle on a concrete island on the street. The man flew and hit another concrete wall face first. Everyone just stared as the driver struggled to move. Then another guy immediately stopped his car and helped the driver get to his car so they could go to the nearest hospital. There were lots of people just a few feet away of the motorcycle driver and they just stood there and did nothing.
An older guy just finished doing transactions on an ATM. When the younger guy next in line proceeded to make his transactions, but before he did anything he was surprised to see a bunch of 1 thousand peso bills come out of the machine. The man before him apparently forgot to take the cash. The guy took the cash and ran after the older man and gave it to him. The older man thanked the guy so much because as it turned out, the money was for his wife’s operation on the nearby hospital.
Here’s my story (well, not directly mine), one of the graphic designers on my team is a brilliant artist and he slaves himself working on his designs. One day, a consultant approached him and said “Thanks, that was a great design and I closed the deal!” Shortly after that, I noticed the designer getting teary eyed and said that that was the first time someone had thanked him for his work.
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ako naman recipient ng isang kind deed:
i was just in time for my flight from Ohio to Florida. While waiting to board, i realized i left my cellphone at the car. i had to go back, else, i won't have a way of contacting je, who will be picking me up. so i took the shuttle to the parking lot which is half a mile away. i asked the driver if he could wait for me, since it will only take a few minutes. if i need to catch the next shuttle, that'll be in the next 10 minutes. but he said as much as he wants to, he needs to be on schedule for other passengers. the lady beside me offered to drop me back to the terminal. she gave me directions to where she's parked, then got off the shuttle. after i got my cellphone, i ran towards her parked car, got in, and she drove as fast as she could to the terminal. i was the last one to board the plane. =)
Posted by
beng |
8/04/2006 09:06:00 AM
oh my, that is lucky.
Posted by
simplyjessie |
8/04/2006 06:15:00 PM