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"Random act of kindness"

On Monday I was doing my walk and came across somebody's keys still in their front door. This happens a lot more regularly than you'd think, and always makes me chuckle.
So I knock on her door (an old woman lives here, it's a row of bungalows that old people inhabit) and there's no answer. I try her neighbour and she says "Yes she sleeps in, won't hear you knocking". So I explain the situation and she agrees to take the keys for her neighbour, I write a little note on a card and pop it back through sleeping woman's door and continue with my day.

Yesterday I come to the bungalow-row again and on sleeping woman's door is a card taped to the door with "Postman!" on it.
I open it and it's a thank you card, effusive with praise and telling me she's left a bottle of wine for me in the bin cupboard for my trouble.

I think that's the 1st time I've been the recepient of a random act of kindness and it made me smile the rest of the morning.
And I realised, of all the people I see and chat to during my walk - it's the old people that always stop and ask how things are etc.
Most other people just look down and hurry past, yet the older generation always make time, even if it's just a nod and "Morning Postie".
I think it's a completely different generation of values and it'll be a real shame when there are no more left and the old people consist of the Chantals and Liams, because they'll just be angry stupid pensioner.

Good point, you went out of your way more, she justified it. :D

You should congratulate yourself, Goatboy, because what you did was the real random act of kindness. The old dear was merely thanking/rewarding you for your initial thoughtfulness.

Thats Karma, my freind. :) A workman dropped a ten poun note on the floor, I picked up and gave it back to him and then a few days later I found a £5 note on the floor by these bushes. Weird..

monkey_man wrote:
> Aha.
>
> Methinks Alfonse needs to take comedy lessons from Priscilla: [URL]http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1409211.html[/URL]

"I see your schwartz is bigger than mine."

Old people can be gits too.

My postman actually runs from house to house.
He says "Nice one pal" just for delivering my internet orders.

Aha.

Methinks Alfonse needs to take comedy lessons from Priscilla: [URL]http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1409211.html[/URL]

**nope**

Flock wrote:
> Old people dont talk to me, i presume because they think i'll mug them
> and leave them for dead.

But saying it in real life replaces the snappy wit for a snappy neck.
It's the only choice he had.

Somehow saying that to someone over the internet loses the snappy wit.