Hey Pandas, What Is Something A Stranger Did To You To Make Your Day Brighter? (Closed)

someone commented how they like my style and my tattoos. I felt kinda ugly that day and it made me smile because I rlly love my tattoos. They make me feel pretty and it's nice to know that someone appreciates them too. Kinda superficial, I know but it's the only time it happend

I was living in Boston, travelling the subway a lot for work and shopping and such. One day in the ladies' room another young gal asked me if I wanted my hair done like hers. (I had admired her hair, it was all in pretty corn rows). I was amazed & said "yes!" she just fixed up my ordinary hair to look amazing, and then told me it was her birthday. I loved it, didn't take it out for days. She was black, and I'm not, but it didnt matter to either of us, we were just 2 gals in the washroom who like to look pretty.

We were grocery shopping for my grandfather at the store we go to every week. There was this guy following us that we had never seen. When we got to the register it came to about 220 dollars. He put his credit card in before we were able to and payed for everything we got. God Bless that man.

When I was about 4 years old, my dad had to go to an eye doctor. The woman at the front desk told me I was so polite and sweet, and gave me a quarter to buy a huge gumball from an elaborate gumball machine. I still have that gum (now chewed up) to this day.

During a busy day at Walmart, I noticed a lady in line in front of me that had her arms overflowing with items. I was only using a small portion of my cart, so I told her she could use the empty part. Then her mother came up (she'd been looking for another item) and her arms were full too. They took my offer and we got to talking.

Somewhere in the conversation I let her know that what I was buying was for a work party. Once it got to my turn in line, the lady in front insisted on paying for my items as well. I tried to refuse, as I could afford the items easily, but she insisted because I'd been nice and the items were for the office anyway, why should I pay for them. I accepted because I didn't want to be rude and I thought it was a very kind thing for her to do.

I had two bags in my trunk to drop off at GoodWill and went by there at my first opportunity on my time off from dialysis or dialysis training (going to start dialysis at home soon!) and found the drop-off at the back of the store closed. I did see a big sign posted showing their hours though and there were men working around the loading docks as well. I got out of my car to take a photo of the sign so could return when they were open. It was a 15 minute drive for me and I had only missed it by 10 minutes. They closed at 4PM and it was now 4:10! A guy starts talking to me and he says "What ya got?" When I told him, he took it even though it was after their hours so I wouldn't have to make another trip! What a nice thing to do!! It really made my day! That had been number one on my list of FIVE places to go!

I was on airplane pre 9-11 coming from Mexico, I had purchased as gifts 3 bottles of Kalua coffee Liquor. Upon landing and filling out the customs form I realized I was allowed only 2 bottles. So when exiting the plane I handed one bottle to the flight attendant and with a smile said: "Merry Christmas". Later, after passing through customs the hallway lead to an up escalator. At the top waiting for me... was the same flight attendant. With a smile she handed me a bottle of Kalua and said: "Merry Christmas!"

I was traveling to my hometown by bus and as I got up on the my station my wallet fell out of my purse. I already got off the bus but another passenger saw it, took it and ran after me to give it back. Having been previously in a situation when someone stole my wallet in a crowded shop and having had to endure the torture of making new documents and credit cards, I was so relieved to see there are nice people as well that won't take advantage of the situation.

My friend and I were in a place close to our town that sold pastries and little desserts, but with the money we had we could only get one. We decided to get and split a blueberry macaron. I guess the lady at the counter heard us talking, and when she gave us the bag she said "shhhhh." She had slipped in an extra :)

Once upon a time I had a fancy horse and I was in a barn of accomplished riders (not me). I was feeling sad and anxious because I wasn't as good as them. A famous veternarian was there working on the horses. When my turn came she said to me "Anne, I have to commend you on your exquisite care of your horses." Well, basically it just made my horse life to realize I was as good as everyone else.

So I was at a new school, and I’m introverted. (I’ve gotten better at being an extroverted introvert now) I usually stayed after class to wait for my sibling who got out later than me. Anyway, for a few weeks I sat alone, just waiting while doing homework. Then one week this classmate, who is popular and outgoing, sits and starts chatting with me. We spent the rest of the school year chatting after class when we weren’t swamped with homework. It was so awesome and he made my school year when it could have been very lonely.

Smile!

Some stranger said my hair was pretty and it made me so much more confident.