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Apr 02, 2008 Random acts of kindnessI’ve gotten into many heated, erm, “discussions” about the pros and cons of living in different regions of the country. Most folks who aren’t native to the Northeast think that we’re all a bunch of snobby, selfish people who don’t have the time of day for anyone else. That, I claim, is patently false. Last night, I was walking from Central Square back to my apartment along Mass Ave. It was pouring, and, being the prescient student that I am, I had left my umbrella in my office. Awesome. There was a girl walking towards me, although she was about a block away. She started to run because the rain picked up, and, in doing so, she dropped her phone and her wallet. Because of all the rain and noise, she didn’t notice that she had dropped these all-too-important things. I wanted to shout to her to tell her what she had done, but my voice wouldn’t have carried. I also wanted to run to catch up to her, but my shoes wouldn’t allow it. As luck would have it, this all happened right near a bus stop and a CT1 bus was pulling up. The driver saw what I saw. He put the bus in park, leaped out, and grabbed her things off the ground. He called to her and she came rushing back, shocked at what happened, and incredibly grateful. The unknown, Good Samaritan bus driver got back on the bus and continued his route.
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Go Mr. Bus Driver!
I am a little surprised. I must be too jaded, but my first thought was that the bus driver would not exit the bus for fear of getting wet, or worse…. the bus driver takes the wallet and leaves
Posted by: ninja on April 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am
In China, the bus driver’s acting will be called “xue LeiFeng”.I know a girl who saw a bag by the street with lots of money in it,and she found the bag’s master and gave it back to him at last. I think what she got was not only “many thanks”,but also the nice feeling of helping others.That’s more important. ^_^
Posted by: wang on April 15th, 2008 at 4:07 am
How wonderful! I like to believe that people will help each other.
Posted by: ndilello on April 16th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I met another friendly boston driver this morning. She was backing into a tight space between two cars, and couldn’t see the one behind. So i put up my hand up in the universal ‘Stop’ gesture, to let her know she was getting very close. And she giddily waved back at me with a huge friendly smile, while she smashed right into that car behind her.
Posted by: breakingthestereotype on April 17th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Haha! At least she was happy. And at least it wasn’t your car she smashed into.
Posted by: ndilello on April 20th, 2008 at 1:08 pm