Awesome Holiday Acts of Kindness (Post em if you got em) (729 hits)
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Submitted by Zoidberg (View user info) at 2006-11-30 22:49:13 EST
It was the coldest night of the year (or it felt like anyway). The roads were icy as fuck, but I was bored as hell and decided to get a couple of video games, so I drove to Wal-Mart.
In front of me in line was a young couple with a baby, buying a package of diapers. The mother was on crutches with a pretty heavy-duty cast around her right leg. They both looked pretty down and out, their coats were threadbare, it looked like everything they had that was nice and warm was wrapped around their baby.
The guy decided it would be best to go get the car so his crippled wife/girlfriend (whichever) wouldn't have to walk that far, so he left her with the diapers and took the baby with him to their car. By this time the line had gotten shorter (or at least my position relative to the checkout stand had) and I got distracted by one of the Archie and Friends on the magazine rack at the checkout stand (Jughead cracks me up) when a small commotion ahead of me drew me out of my stupor.
The mother had somehow managed to put the diapers on the conveyor despite the crutches and was frantically searching through her purse for more money. It seems she didn't have enough to pay for the diapers. She broke down and started sobbing, how the baby had so many health problems after the car accident, how she was having trouble getting back to work waiting tables after breaking her leg and with the back troubles the accident caused her, and begging the cashier and everyone else in line to just wait, she was sure she had more money in her purse somewhere. But she didn't.
The poor checkout girl (she couldn't have been more than 17) obviously had no idea what to do and looked to be near tears too. Behind me a lot of people were shifting uncomfortably in line. I felt incredibly guilty about being wrapped up in a stupid comic book so I sheepishly put it down, squared my shoulders, and told her, "Don't worry about it, I'll help."
I still wasn't even sure how she managed to pick the diapers up off the floor and placed them on the checkout stand with that huge cast on her leg, but it sure as hell couldn't have felt pleasant. But if she couldn't pay for them, it was obvious with that cast on she'd need help, so I was glad to do it. The profoundly grateful look she gave me was incredible. She wiped her face and stuttered out a tearful thank you. I told her not to worry about it, picked the diapers up and moved them out of the way for her, setting them behind me on top of the Coca-Cola case next to the magazine rack. Then I gave the cashier the video games (and a couple of DVD's I picked up on their 9.99 rack) paid, and quickly walked away before anyone could think to thank me again.
I saw her out in the parking lot as I was getting into my car. She had the diapers after all. I guess she found the money or someone else paid for them, I'm not sure. She stared at me, probably a little overcome and embarrassed from all the emotion. She pointed me out to her husband and said something to him and I shyly waved as I got in my car and drove away.
I had a warm fuzzy feeling all that next week whenever I played my video games.
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Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-02-11 23:52:21 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2007-02-10 01:16:52 EST (#)
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d - feel free to -2 man. ratings don't bother me.
to answer your question, I can't remember exactly how I stumbled on your post. Most of the time I'm clicking on the "most recently reviewed" posts, reading those and surfing off of people's User Info in the comments section.
If I was just checking your profile I'd have a -2 on *everything* you wrote.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-02-09 23:08:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm going to give you the rating closest to your real one because I didn't read this, which happens to be a +2, even though I probably wouldn't actually like your post; I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
This is in responce to your comment on my last post. It was made weeks after I did the post, and the post wasn't very big. I'm curious: do you check my profile regularily just to flame me?
DO U LIK THINK TALKING IN CAPITALS PATRONIZES ME EVEN THOUHG I LIKE NEVER TALK LIKE THIS OMGZzzZZ!!1!! !LAWL
C'mon man. Grow up.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-02-05 03:50:43 EST (#)
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awesome
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-01-31 14:04:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by hot_pocket (user info) at 2007-01-29 20:38:50 EST (#)
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word up zoidy
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-01-29 20:01:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
hahahaha
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2007-01-29 01:41:27 EST (#)
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GO BEARS WOO!!!
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2007-01-19 03:36:10 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2007-01-19 02:31:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2006-12-01 12:26:09 EST (#)
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Icarus that was heartlifting, thank you
I like happy stories like this :)
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-12-01 12:09:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
OK, there was this one time my neighbor was going through a divorce, right? And his wife had kicked him and his sons (by another cousin) out one cold, December night, right? And he was all sheepish about it, and his hands were stuffed in the pockets of his hunting jacket, but he was wondering if I could take his youngest in, right? And there the kid was, right? With the tears trickling down his pudgy, freckled cheeks. And the dad sees the kid cry, so he starts sobbing too, right? I mean he's losing his wife here and his home, and here his sons are freezing their asses off in the bed of his truck and he can't do shit to help them, so the tears and snot are freezing in clumps on his moustache. So what could you do, right?
Well, I bought an XBOX360.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-12-01 11:55:31 EST (#)
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Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2006-12-01 11:49:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
ahahahahahahahaha
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-12-01 08:07:13 EST (#)
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There's nothing like a trip to WalMart to remind me how much I hate people.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2006-12-01 02:30:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by jfreakman (user info) at 2006-12-01 01:35:48 EST (#)
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Wow. not what I was expecting, but very funny.
Ha!
I'm an asshole.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2006-12-01 00:10:26 EST (#)
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Old user sighting!
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2006-11-30 22:55:12 EST (#)
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third time's the charm
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-30 22:53:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2006-11-30 22:52:00 (#)
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Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2006-11-30 22:40:11 (#)
Ranking: 2
"If you don't think god has a sense of humor, just go into Wal-Mart and look around."
The fact that you shopped at Wal-Mart should have gotten you a -2, but this made me remember that quote, so fuck it.
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This just keeps getting better each time you post it.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2006-11-30 22:52:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2006-11-30 22:40:11 (#)
Ranking: 2
"If you don't think god has a sense of humor, just go into Wal-Mart and look around."
The fact that you shopped at Wal-Mart should have gotten you a -2, but this made me remember that quote, so fuck it.
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This just keeps getting better each time you post it.