Good deed for the day
Good deed for the day
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coopedup

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3,742 posts

170 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Old boy in front of me at a cashpoint in the local Waitrose takes out the full quota, £250, removes his card and walks off! When I go to insert my card I glance down and see the money, grab it and briskly walk after him to return it, for which he was most grateful.
Rather embarrassed by the gentle applause from the checkout staff and good wishes for my Euromillions ticket for tonight, but I did tell them that if I won I would make sure they could retirehehe
Any other good deeds done today?

soad

34,743 posts

207 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Not yet. wink

Hackney

7,440 posts

239 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Well done.

My good deed was not going postal on the three individuals who pulled out in front of me, one on each of the three roundabouts I cross on my first 5 miles of commute.
For Christmas I'm going full Mad Max and I'll just punt them off the road next time.

lowdrag

13,188 posts

244 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Not today but recently. My daughter knocked a young man off his bike, and of course the police and ambulance and Uncle Tom Cobley and all got involved over a couple of scratches, one for him and one for the car. My daughter was most upset, bought £50 of Halfords vouchers for a new helmet and went to see him. He was most polite about it all, and a couple of days back he came round with presents for her two children. No he isn't claiming, and I find it heart-warming that people can be so civil to each other in this day and age. Just like your story in fact, and let's hope your numbers come up.

TorqueDirty

1,916 posts

250 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Was at Waitrose and tried to leave 250 quid in at cash till for some guy who looked like he needed a helping hand in life (he was buying a lottery ticket after all) - but the silly sod brought it back to me!

soad

34,743 posts

207 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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TorqueDirty said:
Was at Waitrose and tried to leave 250 quid in at cash till for some guy who looked like he needed a helping hand in life (he was buying a lottery ticket after all) - but the silly sod brought it back to me!
hehe

coopedup

Original Poster:

3,742 posts

170 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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soad said:
TorqueDirty said:
Was at Waitrose and tried to leave 250 quid in at cash till for some guy who looked like he needed a helping hand in life (he was buying a lottery ticket after all) - but the silly sod brought it back to me!
hehe
rofl

CrutyRammers

13,735 posts

229 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Bought something i didn't need from a lad on a rehab scheme after prison. he was selling stuff door to door in the most filthy weather so I invited him in and chatted while it blew over.

ruggedscotty

6,000 posts

240 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Brilliant reply - why oh why is therer no like button here ? well deserved

coopedup

Original Poster:

3,742 posts

170 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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CrutyRammers said:
Bought something i didn't need from a lad on a rehab scheme after prison. he was selling stuff door to door in the most filthy weather so I invited him in and chatted while it blew over.
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MX5_Nutter

1,487 posts

138 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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CrutyRammers said:
Bought something i didn't need from a lad on a rehab scheme after prison. he was selling stuff door to door in the most filthy weather so I invited him in and chatted while it blew over.
I would of slammed and rather quickly locked the door wink

heronio

461 posts

176 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Couple days ago I was walking down the aisle of a bus to get off. I stopped to let a bloke out of his seat in front of me, looked down and noticed he'd left his phone on the seat. Grabbed it and said, Excuse me, is this yours? He looked surprised at first, then had an "oh st that's mine!" face and couldn't stop thanking me smile

Doofus

34,619 posts

204 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Coming back from buying our Christmas tree this morning, and when going straight on at a roundabout, my missus completely ignored the lane markings, and I didn't punch her in the throat.

I'm some kind of fking philanthropist, I am.

ApOrbital

10,592 posts

149 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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Nice one.

anothernameitist

1,500 posts

166 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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I was at a junction a week or so ago.

car in front looked like he was right turning and I was able to go up his left and turn left, he followed me out.

Note: Fiesta no indicators, so not an Audi.

In some ways I felt my actions were not right and didn't want to hack the driver off.

Got to next wet of lights go out and went to have a polite conversation along the lines of sorry for nicking your space...

Lad was so apologetic that he was in the wrong it was nice to see, but hopefully we both felt good, I did and that in a way is a good deed.

leigh1050

2,462 posts

196 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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I've not called anyone at work a tt today.

marshalla

15,902 posts

232 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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CrutyRammers said:
Bought something i didn't need from a lad on a rehab scheme after prison. he was selling stuff door to door in the most filthy weather so I invited him in and chatted while it blew over.
Call me a cynic, but : https://www.essex.police.uk/news_features/features...
http://www.safelocaltrades.com/consumers/advice/no...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-12718306

First one I encountered raised my suspicions because he came to the back door, which means he'd had a good look round the house to get there.

Edited by marshalla on Friday 11th December 15:23

DavidJG

4,196 posts

163 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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CrutyRammers said:
Bought something i didn't need from a lad on a rehab scheme after prison. he was selling stuff door to door in the most filthy weather so I invited him in and chatted while it blew over.
Was this in Shropshire by chance? We've got an outbreak of these at the moment. They're not on a rehab scheme. There is no rehab scheme involving door to door selling - it's a scam. They've got cheap stuff (usually cleaning supplies) that they sell at crazily inflated prices. They come out with lines like 'I need to do this to improve my CV so that I can get into real work' and other sob stories. All bullst.

Monkeylegend

29,567 posts

262 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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CrutyRammers said:
Bought something i didn't need from a lad on a rehab scheme after prison. he was selling stuff door to door in the most filthy weather so I invited him in and chatted while it blew over.
Couple of lines with the wife later then wink

Sheepshanks

41,315 posts

150 months

Friday 11th December 2015
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marshalla said:
CrutyRammers said:
Bought something i didn't need from a lad on a rehab scheme after prison. he was selling stuff door to door in the most filthy weather so I invited him in and chatted while it blew over.
Call me a cynic, but : https://www.essex.police.uk/news_features/features...
http://www.safelocaltrades.com/consumers/advice/no...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-12718306

First one I encountered raised my suspicions because he came to the back door, which means he'd had a good look round the house to get there.

Edited by marshalla on Friday 11th December 15:23
We get these guys regularly (in a fairly rural village) and our local Police said it's an organised national scheme, but I've never seen anything to support that.