I wasn’t expecting it. I was just walking to the turnstile at the subway station to deposit a token to get in when all of a sudden a man came running towards me yelling stop repeatedly and that I shouldn’t deposit a token.
~ Okay. So I paused and stared in confusion at the man running at me.
He finally arrived at the turnstile and handed me a TTC day pass.
~ Still staring at him in a combination of awe, confusion and plain dumbfoundness [if that word exists].
Told me that I needn’t pay him back and that he was done with the TTC day pass so I could make use of it. Then he waved and walked off.
~ Cool! Well. Thanks again mister. Now to pass it on…
I love it when things like this happen.
Just last night I was in a bar & between me & my friend we’d ordered a drink too many for us & our group so I found the nearest guy waiting and gave him the extra one I’d bought. Worth it just for the surprise & look on his face.
My favourite story like this is of a friend of mine who used to work in a bookshop. She stopped to talk to tramps on the street who she saw reading books to ask what kind of things they liked to read & then when books came in damaged that matched the description she would go find them and give them something to read. Better than just binning them. But I loved the effort & empathy involved
It is great to hear about people that do things like this. A selfless act, and wanting nothing in return, it is likely an example of how he lives his life. Thanks for sharing your story !