buctootim Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 "A 95-year-old invited into a BBC radio programme after calling in about being lonely has become a hit on social media. Bill Palmer, from Southampton, called the Alex Dyke show on BBC Radio Solent about his life after his wife went into a nursing home. Dyke immediately ordered a taxi to bring Mr Palmer to the studio to allow phone-in listeners to chat to him." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34603435 That got me thinking about the last time I spontaneously did something nice for someone I didn't know - and I couldn't remember one. The best I could do was putting stuff on Freecycle instead of selling on Ebay, but thats just as much down to laziness. Anyone done anything nice recently?
Coxford_lou Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 "A 95-year-old invited into a BBC radio programme after calling in about being lonely has become a hit on social media. Bill Palmer, from Southampton, called the Alex Dyke show on BBC Radio Solent about his life after his wife went into a nursing home. Dyke immediately ordered a taxi to bring Mr Palmer to the studio to allow phone-in listeners to chat to him." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34603435 That got me thinking about the last time I spontaneously did something nice for someone I didn't know - and I couldn't remember one. The best I could do was putting stuff on Freecycle instead of selling on Ebay, but thats just as much down to laziness. Anyone done anything nice recently? Ha. You're going to struggle to get many responses to this thread on this forum! But that is a nice story. Without wanting to sound smug, I do nice things all the time! But then there's always someone on the tube struggling with a pram, or looking a bit lost, or an elderly person struggling with the crush so there are probably more opportunities. At work, I get people doing 'not nice' things to me all the time. My boss says I'm too nice. But I've got zero respect for people who behave like sh*ts and I always win out in the end. Nice is definitely the way to go!
cpendreigh Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 Gave an elderly chap my umbrella during a torrential rainstorm in the summer. Thats about it. Still havent replaced the umbrella.
Coxford_lou Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 Gave an elderly chap my umbrella during a torrential rainstorm in the summer. Thats about it. Still havent replaced the umbrella. Aww, that's a really good deed!
buctootim Posted 22 October, 2015 Author Posted 22 October, 2015 (edited) Gave an elderly chap my umbrella during a torrential rainstorm in the summer. Thats about it. Still havent replaced the umbrella. Thats the kind of thing! Edited 22 October, 2015 by buctootim forgot 'of'
buctootim Posted 22 October, 2015 Author Posted 22 October, 2015 Ha. You're going to struggle to get many responses to this thread on this forum! Yep five in two hours and four of those from you and me But that is a nice story. Without wanting to sound smug, I do nice things all the time! But then there's always someone on the tube struggling with a pram, or looking a bit lost, or an elderly person struggling with the crush so there are probably more opportunities. At work, I get people doing 'not nice' things to me all the time. My boss says I'm too nice. But I've got zero respect for people who behave like sh*ts and I always win out in the end. Nice is definitely the way to go! I think its a habit or frame of mind you have to get into - and once you do its self re-inforcing as you get a buzz from helping. Blind people can be tricky though, there are two in my cul de sac. One old boy must 85+ and independent as hell. Very arsey if you offer to help him cross the road! ...
Coxford_lou Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 Yeah, and I did offer my seat to a lady on the tube once who was slim but with quite a protruding belly, and my god, did she glare at me!
buctootim Posted 22 October, 2015 Author Posted 22 October, 2015 Ow. She probably still holds that grudge now!
Lord Duckhunter Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 Yeah, and I did offer my seat to a lady on the tube once who was slim but with quite a protruding belly, and my god, did she glare at me! I've given up offering my seat or opening doors for chicks in case I get a mad nutty libber , who considers it sexist .
Coxford_lou Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 Old Chinese proverb: Wherever there are chicks, you'll always find a cock.
Jonnyboy Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 Buctootim posted his old PC down to me about a year ago for free which was very kind of him. (the bugger didn't work properly though did it!)
buctootim Posted 22 October, 2015 Author Posted 22 October, 2015 The PC worked fine. Just microsoft being money grabbing bstards put a spanner in the works. I spent ages cleaning that bloody thing up and you spent cash on the courier. Sorry 'bout that!
buctootim Posted 22 October, 2015 Author Posted 22 October, 2015 I've given up offering my seat or opening doors for chicks in case I get a mad nutty libber , who considers it sexist . Never try anything just in case it goes wrong.
Whitey Grandad Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 I picked up an empty crisp packet outside the polling station this morning. Does that count?
TwoPints Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 I'm sure I did something nice once, I just can't remember what it was now.
Whitey Grandad Posted 22 October, 2015 Posted 22 October, 2015 Never try anything just in case it goes wrong. Exactly. No good deed goes unpunished.
Mr Biscuits Posted 23 October, 2015 Posted 23 October, 2015 I see small puppies in the street and I don't kick them
Goatboy Posted 23 October, 2015 Posted 23 October, 2015 I put the lid down this morning. Think I should have done it afterwards.
Lord Duckhunter Posted 23 October, 2015 Posted 23 October, 2015 I think I'll do something nice tonight. When the Snap Dragon comes and picks me up from the boozer , I may let her come in and have a drink with me.
OldNick Posted 23 October, 2015 Posted 23 October, 2015 I once donated 10 pairs of Saints tickets on The Saint radio for people who couldnt afford to go....it was as the club were about to go into admin and so it could have been seen as very uncharitable to put them through that quality of football
Jonnyboy Posted 23 October, 2015 Posted 23 October, 2015 The PC worked fine. Just microsoft being money grabbing bstards put a spanner in the works. I spent ages cleaning that bloody thing up and you spent cash on the courier. Sorry 'bout that! Don't worry I'm not bitter, I appreciate your efforts. I gave it to Jamie's Computers the charity in Northam so hopefully it's helped someone out!
eurosaint Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 I gave £20 to a lad who came to the door on one of those 'rehabilitation' schemes, he offered me a shammy or something but I refused saying that all I wanted was that he stayed off drugs and got his life back together again ! He seemed genuinely touched and I hope it made a difference but who knows, eh ? I'll probably never see him again but I hope that he understands that not all people are unforgiving !
whelk Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 The left hand shouldn't know what the right hand is doing
buctootim Posted 24 October, 2015 Author Posted 24 October, 2015 The left hand shouldn't know what the right hand is doing You sure you're on the right thread / forum?
The Cat Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 I volunteer for Oxfam by working in the music shop at the top of East Street. A few weeks ago I was driving down Spring Road when I saw someone laying on the pavement. She'd fallen off her bike while avoiding a car and couldn't move. I stopped and waited with her until the ambulance came and contacted her family to let them know what had happened. It was chucking down with rain and people came out of their houses offering blankets etc to keep her warm.
mcjwills Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 Was on the tube last week walking downstairs and came across a disabled elderly woman struggling to walk down the stairs and the mass hordes just rushing by her with scant regard for her safety. I positioned myself a couple of steps behind her so the hordes would have to go round me and miss her and I walked with her until she got to her platform. I may have missed my tube connection but there was always another on in the next 10 minutes. Better for me to be late than the old lady be hurt.
Coxford_lou Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 Wow guys, these are seriously nice stories!
buctootim Posted 24 October, 2015 Author Posted 24 October, 2015 Wow guys, these are seriously nice stories! People are much better in real life than the innernet, thank God!
Goatboy Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 Wow guys, these are seriously nice stories! No matter how many times he refuses, I keep offering an olive branch to Hypo. I'm kind like that.
whelk Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 You sure you're on the right thread / forum? Aye. Those that boast are probably not doing it for the right reasons. Most people are capable of kindness and I know Lou is not being sarcastic but nothing posted to make me go wow. Apologies for my cynicism
Coxford_lou Posted 24 October, 2015 Posted 24 October, 2015 Aye. Those that boast are probably not doing it for the right reasons. Most people are capable of kindness and I know Lou is not being sarcastic but nothing posted to make me go wow. Apologies for my cynicism Harsh, Whelk. Don't think anyone was boasting - they were responding (very slowly) to a direct question. This forum, for its many strengths/weaknesses, is hardly a haven for braggarts of kindliness. Sometimes it's the little things that make the big difference. Most may be capable, but not everyone makes the effort. But no apologies needed.
rallyboy Posted 26 October, 2015 Posted 26 October, 2015 I recently helped a Nigerian prince who is trying to access his bank accounts and needed my assistance with some bank fees.
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