I over tipped in Catoosa Oklahoma.

And it was very nice of you to help that father and son!

Her husband was waiting outside to take her home.

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It must have been very difficult for the father.

I cried a little because I couldn't do more.




Being away from my home as I drive a pilot car run is a real eyeopener about America.

The waiters and waitresses, the cashiers, the car repair man, the cable guy. The mailman. The trucker. People just want to do an honest job and make an honest day's wages.

I love to engage people in conversation, to make them feel like they are needed individuals, and that their labor is appreciated. It surely sounds like you were successful with that waitress and the father and son.

the other day while I was badgering her for information. I kept asking her what her company actually provided (they are the 3rd party billing for ...wait for it... insurance) and she did the 'well we blah blah blah and I said, oh, c'mon...you send the bill, right? That's all and you get a cut! (I was laughing.) She said, yes and then she laughed and she said 'you're a nice mean customer' She said she so enjoyed talking to me and I thanked her and wished her a good weekend. It was just funny. I'm sure it made her day. It kinda made mine, too!

overtip a lot also.

I'm still waiting for an opportunity to pay for items an elderly person in front of me looks like he or she can't really afford.

in a Walmart parking lot today.

I'm sure she was thankful!

whose abuser is in jail, she had to go to the hospital for treatment (is out), has no transportation, no job, utilities were going to be cut off. I gave her as much cash as I could spare right then and asked her to keep me posted on her progress. I'm not rich by any means. I was flattered I was asked to help and did so gladly.

It must have meant the world to your neighbor.

just stood there speechless, with tears, when she took her to pay the utility bill. She said no one had ever done something like that for her...she couldn't believe that people would help, even not knowing her. There were several other neighbors my friend contacted and... well, just do what you can, right?

I recently stopped for breakfast at a local DD. As the woman leaned out the window to hand me my food, she stated the car ahead of me had paid for my food. Well, of course I had to pass it on! When I told her I would like to pay for the car behind me, she got the biggest smile on her face and said I was the 6th person to do so! I'll have to stop again and ask her how many continued this random act of kindness chain.

Thanks for the thread

I did that one time at Wendy's. I had an extra 10 bucks, and saw a singular person in the car behind. Luckily, her order was under 10 bucks...lol.

of him. He started to back up. I pointed out there was someone coming from the other side he needed to pay attention to so he wouldn't be surprised. He said thanks. I waved.

New PT at my gym, I don't work with him, but he's a good friend with my guy. It's a hard way to make a living, especially at first, it's almost all commission based. He's not making much yet, hasn't built up a clientele. We talk a lot during my evening session, he has no clients then so hangs out with us.

So, last Sunday, I stopped and picked up a $50 grocery store gift card on the way to the gym and slipped it to him. I've told him about my MI issues, even recently about my near suicide, and he has been kind and understanding. Well, I was pretty down for various reasons, contemplating how vicious some sociopaths can be towards those with mental illness. So, I thought that would be as good for me as it would be for him. The more cruel people are to me, the better I am going to treat the good people in the world. He was a little awkward about it, but it just told him why, that I was concerned, and that he could pay it forward some day.

Made me feel good.

Paying it forward is the best therapy, and you sure should have felt good for helping him.

if you like sweet movies... this is a nice one

I love movies like that. Amelie, Pay it Forward, About Schmidt...

Buy diapers for the local food pantry

Tip the restaurant wait staff 50%

Keep McDonald's gift coupons on your person and hand them out in $1 - $5 increments to anyone begging.

Go through your closets, garage etc and DONATE your old stuff!

Click here daily to help fund breast cancer mammograms http://thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/bcs/home

Donate blood.

Hold the door open for the person behind you

Babysit for an hour or longer. Its a sanity saver.

Pay for the person in line behind you.

Hug a friend. Let them know how important they are.

Bake something and share it.

Thank you very much for posting. I had forgotten about that breast cancer site. I used to go through the whole series of relates sites every day. I should get back to that.

How I found 40 dollars on the street and handed it to a homeless veteran. Of course finding money on the street is difficult if you are specificity looking for it.

Indeed!

I went and got gas up the street. While filling, I noticed a woman in a VW bug, with a flat and the gas attendant trying to help her. It was freezing outside, and the woman had a flat. Her special needs daughter was with her, also trying to help. The woman was a nervous wreck. We calmed her down and told her when she was done where to take the car to get checked out. She had to get it inspected that week!
Between my weight on the lug wrench, the attendant and I were able to loosen the lug nuts, remove the flat, put on the spare, tighten the nuts back up and replace the hubcap.

SHE TRIED TO PAY US!

The next week h same attendant tells me, while the woman was leaving the service we suggested to her. SOMEONE HIT HER! My heart sank, but he smiled and said, "It was the other guys fault. and she wound up getting more for the car than it was worth and getting a better car.

I don't really believe in fate or destiny, I wish I believed in Karma, but happy accidents, things that turn out better than expected, are the best.

And wouldn't take his money. I just told him to give it back to the next person in need. I've done that a couple of times before, and by golly got one back later myself from another stranger.

It's a little thing but it makes everyone involved feel good.

I was at the Jubitz Truck Stop down the road for breakfast (truck stops make good breakfasts) and in the booth next to me was a father and his two young kids. They were well behaved and he was entertaining them and interacting with them. It was cute to watch - and I'm not generally a fan of kids.

So when they were leaving I stopped the dad and told him his kids were well behaved and he seemed to be good father the way he was interacting with them. I thanked him. I hope I made his day.

I know many of you won't believe this, but I do try to give compliments to people and businesses for good service as much as complain about poor service.

gave them an xtra $50.00 and bought them a 40# bag of food for their dog.

We had spare money. The food bank requests $15 cards, so I got 4, plus 4 $10 cards to keep in the car to give away.

I don't carry cash (it burns a hole in my pocket) but these, I can give away.

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I have been impoverished for decades previously.

An inheritance 6 months ago changed that - now I pay back.

As a frequent user of our local food bank for almost a decade, I promised myself to be a frequent contributor -

NOT officially, and not through the "system", but a personal visit now and then with fresh meat and vegetables.

As a recipient, I know what I missed - and that was FRESH stuff, so I take a cooler full, leave it behind,

and the workers drop the empty cooler off at a local gas station for me to pick up later.

Local food bank is only open a few hours every two weeks.

I live in the bush, and rarely go to town, every 2-3 weeks;

so I try to hit the days the food bank is operational as I buy the groceries just minutes before taking them to the food bank.

Fresh is fresh!

CC

When we were packing up the truck at the end of the day, I saw my husband looking funny at a guy unlocking his bike. I waited til we were out of earshot, and asked him why he was staring (thinking maybe he was cutting the lock or something suspicious.)

Turned out my husband noticed on the way in that the bike had a flat. We keep an airpump in the truck, so he ran back and offered to inflate the tire. They tried but it was too blown out to hold any air. So we gave him and his bike a lift back home, about 6 miles. No big deal for driving, but a huge pain to walk a bike that distance.

of course we got the boy a frosty

The boy grinned from ear to ear.

It felt really good.

I didn't post for three hours.

and it ended with me and the other woman having to lie to first one, then two librarians, swearing that we were cousins even though it was an obvious lie.

groceries - he started putting some back. I paid for difference.

They directed her to Aisle 1 where they keep catsup, mustard, mayo and (you guessed it) tartar sauce. She was elderly and tottered off and, once I found the nutmeg I was looking for, I located cream of tartar and found her on Aisle 1 searching in vain all around the tartar sauce. The smile she gave me when I handed it to her made the tiny inconvenience to me worth a $1000.

I know it really wasn't much but even little pleasantries make life nicer for us all.

on edit: I also observed a neighbor and her three year old son sitting in their front yard across the street yesterday. Soon I heard the garbage truck coming and the little one was obviously excited. By the time the truck arrived he was beside himself and they blew the horn on the big truck for him. Mom let him give them paper cups of coffee and everyones day was a little better (even mine for seeing it.)

We gave what we could, and I also mentioned the situation to someone who is well off (I didn't specifically ask for $ though). This person came through very generously, even though the well-off person hardly knows our friend in need.