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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 8:42:56 AM

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When I worked at the call center at Commerce Bank I realized how nice people really are, especially new Yorkers. I personally handled around 30 calls a year from someone calling in about a wallet they found.

But the most amazing was a guy who got into a cab. Some how a woman left her wallet, laptop and a bunch of papers in the back of a cab! Apparently it all fell out of one of several bags she was carrying. He called us to see if we could contact her. I had him on the line while a rep called the woman. The cab driver dropped the guy off at work so he wouldn't be late and then took the woman her stuff for free.

A bank manager in NJ drove a customer's passport to the airport that he dropped outside the bank on his way to the airport. Another customer brought it in.

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 4:45:25 PM

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I don't know the ladies name or her boy's name, but I am greatful for them all the same. In Sanfransico I went up a huge flight of very steep stairs, and when I got to the top I couldn't breath and I was very red. Well there was a lady and her boy, there, and she Asked would I like to sit down, boy will move over for you, And I said yes I'd lovet o sit down my hearts beating out of my chest almost from those stairs, I was out of breath and very red, I must of looked really scared, cause her boy was watching me and looked really concerned for me, and she asked if I'd like a hug. I said yes, cause I was kind of panicking, so she huged me and rubbed my back and said " I will breath with you" so while we hugged she said breath in, and breath out, untill I wasn't red any more and didn't look so panicked. after our hug when I was breathing better and not so red, she asked if I was feeling better, did that help and It was extreamly sweet of her.

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 5:05:06 PM

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One day driving into work i had a flat. I was wearing a really nice cream colored blouse and skirt. I had been taught how to change a tire when I was younger. So I rolled up my sleeves and opened the trunk. A man in a truck pulled up and got out and said i will change it. You don't want to get your outfit dirty. I thanked him profusely. He changed my tire and just took off to wherever he was going.

Last night i was in a grocery store there was only one checkout open. I let 3 people go ahead of me because they only had 1 item each. Even if they had 5 items i would have let them ahead of me. It isn't a big deal to do something nice for somebody.

When you really get down to it you should go out of your way to do a kindness to a stranger because they may be at their wits end. In some cases in doing a kindness you may stop them from doing something drastic. I have heard of stories where people were stopped from doing something to themselves or their kids because of a strangers help. For heavens sake open a door for somebody, say thank you, smile at somebody, let somebody get in front of you in traffic, you just never know whom u have helped. Pay it forward..

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 5:05:53 PM

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One time our car battery died and tripple a would take 3 hours and 80 bucks to tow us home, and a very kind guy at the gas station came to help try and give us a jump, and when it was clear that there'd be no jumping it, he drove my dad to a place where he could buy a battery. Dad wanted to do something nice in return so he bought the man a tank of gas.

And my dad's been really kind to my bf and I bailing us out a few times when things would of gonet o hell in a handbasket, even at my dad's own expense. Like the one time he drove me clear to petaluma picked us and the dog up took us to the rental car agency and drove the dog home.

Or 5 o clock at night DAd's watching a movie and james can't find his keys so dad drops everything an takes james to work an picks him up at 10 pm

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 5:12:15 PM

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I remember one timeI was in sanfransico for an ageplay party and I advertised on a local group i needed help going and a very nice stranger came and picked me up we went to his home in berkly and then onto SF, well he didn't show up to take me to the bus station like he was supposed to, and The cab I called wouldn't wait for me to go upstairs and get my things, someone from the party droped me off somewhere and I ended up at the cal trrans station stranded and a cab over the bridge would of been 65 dollars, and as I was standing at the phone bank trying to get the correct number someone else who was at the party saw me and I said can I have a hug I've been wandering around lost for an hour, and I eventually ended up going home with them, and then they took me to the amtrak in the morning.

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 5:29:54 PM

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I was in my last year of college, had 2 younguns at home, doing my clinicals while still working full-time hours waiting tables at a large chain restaurant. It was spring and I had a large party made up of the Spanish Club from one of the local high schools. I was a little inexperienced with large parties and when they were done, I gave them the check...WITHOUT the gratuity included. They, however, being young, though the gratuity WAS included in the total, and they paid and left. I cleared the table looking for my tip, and there was none. Zip.

I pretty much broke down in tears in the bus stand because I had worked so hard and really needed that money. A couple of the other waitresses heard my story and went around the restaurant and collected one dollar from every other waitperson working that night, which came to over $20, and they gave it to me, wishing me well with the rest of my schooling, along with a stern lecture about how we ALWAYS add the gratuity to the check with a large party! I never forgot their kindness, or to add the gratuity, lol.

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 5:33:16 PM

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I was a very rough teenager at about fifteen when my Dad took drunk and disappeared, not a very long spree, he turned up again when I was ninteen.
We lived in a hard neighbourhood and I was not very big, the boys in our area were like pitbulls and I was hammered on a regular basis, just about every time I went out I came back with a new bruise.
We lived in a masionette, a sort of flat with an upstairs and there were five on each side of the landing. On our side the men of each flat, all with very busy lives of thier own took it on themselves to look after me. One was a huge bear of a man who worked in a scrapyard and moonlighted as a wrestler, he was a big softy and rode a big motorcycle, he brought me all kinds of things from the yard, from army surplus stuff to a juke box, he taught me to ride a motorcycle and the basics of fighting without getting hurt. His wife was a pretty little doll who taught me to dance and how to dress well. Another of them was a real hard case who worked in a slaughter house and as he passed on his way home, he would drop off meat he had pinched from work for me, he also taught me to fight as well as how to behave around lads without becoming a victim. The main man was a rock fanatic who introduced me to live gigs and took me swimming and paid for me to go to the gym.
They taught me how to survive as a young man and even clubbed together to buy me an old motorcycle for christmas. For two years of my life, these three men saw to it that I had the best jeans, boots (it was the seventies) jackets and records that I could ask for, they taught me to drink, party, look after myself, and not to make any of the mistakes that were waiting for me. I also got a few bloody good hidings which were well deserved and any dad would have given me.
Those men, Colin the wrestler, passed now, God bless him, Stan the scrap man, the coolest person I ever met, also passed, God bless him, and big Dave the slaughterman, who when his time comes, Death will have a grudge match on his hands, my money will be on Dave.
I lost one Dad to drink, and found three men ready to open their hearts and their homes to a very scared little boy of fifteen. They gave me the comfort and the security and the sense of belonging that I needed, all with dignity and kindness.
I never once recall thanking any of them, but I am so grateful.
Without them I would have been nothing.
So, three good samaritans who went far out of their way for me.
Thank you. I never said it. I may as well say it now.

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 7:17:36 PM

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So, three good samaritans who went far out of their way for me.
Thank you. I never said it. I may as well say it now.

What a touching story. Thanks for sharing.

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RE: Good Samaritans - 11/10/2008 7:28:28 PM

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Okay, I have one. It happened a few months ago. I was at a very significant event with someone dear to me and their family. I'd planned to return home but one of the family got sick, so I said I'd run home, feed my pets, get my computer, and be back that night. Got in my vehicle and promptly broke down less than 10 miles down the road.
A highway maintenance worker and 2 other gentleman stopped to check on me and make sure I was okay.
Then, my mechanic came out onto the highway and fixed my car right there!
Ran home, did what needed doing, and was able to keep my promise.
I am thankful for those good people and for the experience. :>
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