Last week at work, something happened that made me have a little more faith in humanity.
I was about halfway through my shift when the desire for a coffee break struck me hard like a mallet against a steamed potato. Since my boss, Sara, is also a coffee-aholic like me, I offered to pick her up something since I was going to Dunkin' Donuts anyway. She gave me two dollars and asked me to get her a large coffee with cream only. I was well on my way when I realized I didn't have any cash on me aside from the two dollars she gave me, and that I had already passed the closest ATM. I walked into The Double D (that's Dunkin' Donuts) and asked if I could use my debit card. The cashier informed me that they only accepted cash, so I thought to myself, "No problem, I'll just go to the ATM and come back."
There was a man standing diagonally from the counter and asked me what I wanted. I told him I wanted two coffees. He offered to buy them for me.
I declined, of course, thinking that it was some ploy for him to try to set up a date with me, but he told me that he wanted to perform a random act of kindness and that it would be his treat. Finally I agreed, I ordered two large coffees and he gave the cashier exact change.
"One thing though," he said. I thought, oh great, here it comes, he's going to ask me to go out with him sometime or meet him for lunch or something...or worse. But instead, he said, "Now you have to do a random act of kindness for someone else." I was really blown away by that. It's not often that people give favors to complete strangers and want nothing in return except to pass the torch of kindness onto someone else. (I know, that sounds really cheesy, but it's the best way I could think to describe it.)
I took one of the dollars that Sara gave me and put it in the tip jar for the cashier. As soon as I walked out of The Double D, a homeless woman was standing by the door and asked if I could spare any change so she could get something to eat. I handed her the other dollar I had and smiled. She said thank you and hurried off, and I went back to work feeling more confident about the good side of human nature.
In other news, Steve bought a Reese's chocolate heart from 7-Eleven the other night, and I was quite surprised to walk into our bedroom to find him lying on the bed completely naked with the heart over his cash'n'prizes...
Also in other news, by complete accident I stumbled across sexdwarf's profile and he has an artistic piece made using one of the photos from my Inuyasha set...that really blew me away, too. That was the last thing I expected to see, and I'm really honored and touched that someone thought to use me in their artwork. So, if you're reading this sexdwarf, thanks for making my day a little brighter!
I was about halfway through my shift when the desire for a coffee break struck me hard like a mallet against a steamed potato. Since my boss, Sara, is also a coffee-aholic like me, I offered to pick her up something since I was going to Dunkin' Donuts anyway. She gave me two dollars and asked me to get her a large coffee with cream only. I was well on my way when I realized I didn't have any cash on me aside from the two dollars she gave me, and that I had already passed the closest ATM. I walked into The Double D (that's Dunkin' Donuts) and asked if I could use my debit card. The cashier informed me that they only accepted cash, so I thought to myself, "No problem, I'll just go to the ATM and come back."
There was a man standing diagonally from the counter and asked me what I wanted. I told him I wanted two coffees. He offered to buy them for me.
I declined, of course, thinking that it was some ploy for him to try to set up a date with me, but he told me that he wanted to perform a random act of kindness and that it would be his treat. Finally I agreed, I ordered two large coffees and he gave the cashier exact change.
"One thing though," he said. I thought, oh great, here it comes, he's going to ask me to go out with him sometime or meet him for lunch or something...or worse. But instead, he said, "Now you have to do a random act of kindness for someone else." I was really blown away by that. It's not often that people give favors to complete strangers and want nothing in return except to pass the torch of kindness onto someone else. (I know, that sounds really cheesy, but it's the best way I could think to describe it.)
I took one of the dollars that Sara gave me and put it in the tip jar for the cashier. As soon as I walked out of The Double D, a homeless woman was standing by the door and asked if I could spare any change so she could get something to eat. I handed her the other dollar I had and smiled. She said thank you and hurried off, and I went back to work feeling more confident about the good side of human nature.
In other news, Steve bought a Reese's chocolate heart from 7-Eleven the other night, and I was quite surprised to walk into our bedroom to find him lying on the bed completely naked with the heart over his cash'n'prizes...
Also in other news, by complete accident I stumbled across sexdwarf's profile and he has an artistic piece made using one of the photos from my Inuyasha set...that really blew me away, too. That was the last thing I expected to see, and I'm really honored and touched that someone thought to use me in their artwork. So, if you're reading this sexdwarf, thanks for making my day a little brighter!
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Although recently I have been trying to be more helpful. I've noticed that ever since having moved to the city my generosity and compassion has gone down a few notches and I'm attempting to return.
I think there's actually a unofficial day thats been titled as the random act of kindness day.
If you're ever in the Washington Sq area and find yourself with a hankerin for coffee you should go to Vbar on Sullivan, tis where I work and I'll hook you up =)