The Last Good Deed You Did...

The Last Good Deed You Did...

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Civpilot

6,235 posts

239 months

Sunday 25th May 2014
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A mate of mine was travelling to Australia to spend Christmas and New Years out there. Her flight was out of Heathrow on the 20th December and she had to be at the airport by 5.30pm.

Last minute (as in a couple of hours before) she put a frantic post on Facebook that her lift pulled out with very little reason... I saw it and it had a "10 people have seen this" remark but no comments. Called her and nobody had stepped up so I left work there and then (4pm) picked her up and took her on an hour plus drive to the airport. Dropped her off and got home around 8pm due to some utterly mental traffic. Didn't take any money from her but she dropped a 20 note in the passenger footwell that I didn't notice until I got home.
Went round her flat the next day and posted it back through her letterbox in a sealed envelope with "I said no" written on it.

I had almost forgotten about the money until she got back a couple of months later and called me within 5mins of walking through her front door annoyed that I had given it back hehe

Last one I did was on Mother's Day when I stopped to get flowers for my mum. Only supermarket flowers (she likes them as they last longer apparently smile ). For some random good mood reason I bought two bunches and as I walked out of the shop I gave the second bunch to a friendly looking old lady. Seemed like the thing to do.

stott

40 posts

134 months

Sunday 25th May 2014
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The last proper good deed I did is stopping on a duel carriageway in evening rush hour to help a guy on a broken down trike.

We pushed the trike onto the pavement, dismantled it using tools from my boot and jump started it using my leads, then saw him off and stayed behind him until I had to go the other way to make sure he was ok.

I was amazed at the amount of people who were willing to just drive past as this poor guy was clearly trying to push the thing out of the way and having no luck. It was harder to drive around him than it was to stop and help.

stott

40 posts

134 months

Sunday 25th May 2014
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fridgedoctor

220 posts

158 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Last Monday afternoon, getting the train home from Glasgow, an older lady kept stepping over to the door where I was sat, to continue a phone call away from the table where she was seated. It's obvious she's calling someone about her bag being nicked (turns out it is her son, in Shetland, who is frantically trying to sort out some cash for her at Aberdeen branch of her bank, without ID or cards, which were in her bag)

Got talking to her, really nice lady, turns out her bag has been nicked at Queen St station whilst she was waiting.She asks if I know when the train gets to Aberdeen, as she needs to try and catch the bank her son has been dealing with before 5pm, and then make the overnight ferry to Lerwick which goes at 6.

The lady has nearly 3 hour train journey, plus the overnight boat trip, with potentially nothing to eat or drink due to no cash.
As we arrive at my stop I give her 20 quid, for some tea or water, and her dinner on the boat if things don't work out at the bank. She was a bit embarrassed, tried to get my number to return it. I told her not to worry, I'd hope someone would do the same for my mum.
Felt good to help, even just a little

Stirlings

317 posts

222 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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A couple of Festivals of speed ago,
went back to the car as it was rainy to get a jacket,
Girl handing out leaflets for the hotels in a container people,

girl had jeans t shirt no coat or umbrella,
gave her my umbrella and told her she could keep it

Edited by Stirlings on Monday 26th May 09:12

wazztie16

1,469 posts

130 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Helped a young woman get her car going again in rush hour traffic a few months back, first time I've ever bump started a car.

Mine are usually traffic related, pushing cars to safe places, once pushed a car with a family helping up a DC sliproed, and thought nothing of it. A few months later, on said slip road, a car rear ended 2 lads pushing another car in exactly the same situation. I wouldn't do it again now.

Rude

227 posts

220 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Yesterday with Mrs Rude, daughter and CanineRude at the Herts county show. We were returning to our car to go home when a young girl of 8 or 9 comes up to us, tearful that she has lost her uncle and brother. They got separated when returning to their car, apparently. I sent Mrs Rude and daughter with her to the main entrance so that an announcement could be made for fkwit uncle to make an appearance. CanineRude and I went to see if we could find the aforementioned fkwit to send him in the right direction. We found him looking somewhat flustered and ascertained that he was indeed a fkwit and sent him in huge same direction as Mrs Rude etc to the main entrance. Phone call ahead to Mrs Rude to announce his imminent arrival and a happy end was ensured...one fkwit reunited with his niece.

Made us feel good that we did this good deed, but also makes you think about what could have happened and just how much fkwittery there is out there.

Edited by Rude on Monday 26th May 19:17

LordHaveMurci

12,034 posts

168 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Handed back the iPhone I found while walking my dogs, she was grateful but not that grateful wink !

Helped my OH's best mate move house on Friday as her hubby is working away (jammy git!).

Dibble

12,923 posts

239 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Over my police career I've probably "had" to help more people than an average member of the public. But it's still nice to be able to spend an extra couple of minutes to make sure someone at an accident or a breakdown is ok. I've had a few letters of thanks over the years (generally from older people) which is always nice - the fact they've made the effort yo say thanks when in reality, I've just been doing my job. I did get a letter if thanks once from a suicidal guy I'd gripped off the top of the bus station, and he even got in touch about 18 months after that and told me how he'd managed to turn his life around after I'd spent a bit of time with him at the hospital. That meant more than the official commendation I got for the job (I actually ended up gripping another two people in quick succession after the original guy, so 3 in the space of a fortnight, all on the same bus station).

I also managed to cobble together a few hundred quid from colleagues and a bunch of flowers at a discount (from a florist I've used a fair bit) for an old dear who'd been subject to a bogus official burglary and had had her life savings (around 17,000) stolen. She wrote a really sweet letter in, which was a nice surprise. Unfortunately, work decided to turn it into "positive publicity", which really naffed me off. It was a private thing I and my colleagues had sorted for someone who'd been targetted by thieves.

Out of work I always try and stop if I see a motorcyclist stopped/broken down. Sometimes they're just having a fag/brew/rest, other times I've contacted people or taken them for petrol.

Countdown

39,689 posts

195 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Gave blood.

carreauchompeur

17,830 posts

203 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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This is a topic close to my heart. I love helping people and hate it when friends think it 'weird' because it's what I have grown up with and count as an important thing to do. I will rarely/never drive past broken down motorists and do like helping out where I can.

Came across some bloke stuck in lane 2 of a 3 lane urban road, traffic just going either side of him. I was on foot (and now-binned girlfriend thought I was odd) but i scooted over and offfered him a push, garnering abuse from a cab trying to undertake him for making him stop. Took me 20secs, he ended up safely beside the road, everyone's happy.

Good deeds improve everyone's lives.

Fun Bus

17,911 posts

217 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Not sure if this counts...

Had a Range Rover Evoque cut me up on a traffic island and I made my feelings known. It was the Thursday before Good Friday this year. I felt a right tt for responding in the way I did so when the traffic became stop-start queuing into Nottingham, I got out of the car and carefully approached the old chap in the Evoque. I apologised and shook his hand.he seemed utterly bemused that the angry man in the BMW felt remorse and wanted to say sorry for his behaviour.

rambo19

2,737 posts

136 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Guy in shop undercharged me. I went back into shop and told him.

schmalex

13,616 posts

205 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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The roads round our village never get gritted, so every winter I go around the elderly people in the village every 3 days and take their shopping / logs etc orders from them and do a shop for them. It's no big deal, but there are quite a few old folk on their own round here and I would feel awful if they weren't looked after. I also run an annual village fayre to try and bring the community together a little.

On spur of the moment stuff, about 6 months ago, I was outside a club in London and found a fiver blowing around in the street, so took the nearest homeless person to the 24 hour shop to buy him some food with it.

bod27

230 posts

212 months

Monday 26th May 2014
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Its been great reading all these posts, just shows there are still lots of good people out there!

Went to measure up a customers bathroom a couple of weeks ago, usual thing low level shower tray in place of bath, so it should have taken about Five mins! when the elderly lady answered the door , the first thing she asked me was how strong I was! Thought this a bit strange, but asked her why? Her sister who was in the lounge in her night clothes (it was about 10.30 am) had closed her bedroom door and the latch had failed, so they couldn't get into her room to get changed , good job she wasn't in the room! , any way with the help of some old tools and a pair of pliers i managed to get into the room after about 20mins of messing about, I didn't want to wreck the door, they had a doctors appointment so were worried about getting to it on time.
Any way when I told her she needed a new latch , she said she had one with the new handles she had bought weeks before, so I thought I might as well fit them whilst I was there. Made the day a bit more interesting.

Chlamydia

1,082 posts

126 months

Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Last week the bloke in front of me at the cash point walked off to his car leaving the wad of banknotes he'd just withdrawn in the slot. He was pretty grateful when I ran after him and gave it to him.
A few years ago I was working nights over Christmas in London but on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day I wasn't due in so I contacted the local homeless shelter and spent the night handing out soup and blankets with them. I'm glad I did it but wouldn't do it again as I found it really upsetting. Anybody who does that day in, day out, has my total respect.

yellowjack

17,065 posts

165 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Today, I helped the young lady volunteer in a local charity shop to take some large items in off the pavement at closing time.

Then, as I got close to home (I was cycling) I passed two young girls (both in the year below my youngest son at school). One was riding her bike, the other was trying to push/carry hers. I asked if they had a problem, and it was a simple flat tyre. She was struggling to push the bike because the tyre kept coming off the rim and jamming in the front brake.

It took a while because my pump's "Eazi-Valve" is anything but, but eventually I patched the punctured tube, made sure there was nothing still in the tyre, and got them on their way again.

Silverbullet767

10,680 posts

205 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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2 weeks ago driving home on the M80 and I notice a lump of 2X4" on the slip road exit while I was driving along. Stopped at the next motorway phone and reported it. Hopefully it stopped an accident.

The Boy Lard

461 posts

222 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Was waiting at Auckland airport for my flight back home. Sat down at a set of seats which a father & daughter had just vacated. Put my bag down and found a black bag with a newspaper and iPad in it.

Took it to the departure gate that they'd just walked through as I handed it in, she came rushing up the ramp with a worried look on her face. All smiles when she saw me with the bag.

Good deed, done.

PugwasHDJ80

7,522 posts

220 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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We hired a canal boat a couple of months ago, and on the way back to the base a tree had fallen and blocked the whole canal- it was probably 12" in diameter. There were probably 40 boats backed up trying to get past.

I jumped in and sawed it up with a bowsaw, which took a bit of time and energy in cold water.

Not sure it was a "good deed" per se, more one that needed doing by somebody (just that nobody was doing it!). However clearly other people were pleased because I ended up with £40 that other boat owners gave my wife!

It was really nice that other people were so pleased.