No Good Deed.....
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I was just leaving a busy plant nursery last week when a lady fell backwards over a cone (there to stop parking immediately outside). She was mostly unscathed, a bit dusty, helped her up. All would have been ok if I hadn't trampled on her glasses as I dashed to grab her as she fell. I think she was pissed off, but couldn't really say anything as I had tried to help. 
This evening I was walking the dog and saw a chap sat on his own up a hill (it was showers on and off). I wandered close and asked if he was ok. Said he'd been kicked out, not allowed to his mum & sister's because he "drinks a bit", lost his job, crashed his van. Brief chat - thanks for looking out. I walked back that way and he was on the phone to his sister. Hour or so later I thought I'd go and see if he was still there (Mrs 22 told me I'd end up getting stabbed or something!). He wasn't there but as I walked back down the hill I slipped and skidded on an already dodgy knee!
Any other minor good deeds that have gone pear shaped?
This evening I was walking the dog and saw a chap sat on his own up a hill (it was showers on and off). I wandered close and asked if he was ok. Said he'd been kicked out, not allowed to his mum & sister's because he "drinks a bit", lost his job, crashed his van. Brief chat - thanks for looking out. I walked back that way and he was on the phone to his sister. Hour or so later I thought I'd go and see if he was still there (Mrs 22 told me I'd end up getting stabbed or something!). He wasn't there but as I walked back down the hill I slipped and skidded on an already dodgy knee!
Any other minor good deeds that have gone pear shaped?
I helped a woman, about 30 and pregnant who had a flat tyre in the entrance to a car park
I changed the wheel with her tools and put the spacsaver wheel on .
When done I said to her the flat tyre wheel is in the boot and I have put the tools away.
I mentioned to her that the spacsaver wheel had a max speed of 50 mph.
She told me that if she had known I was going to fit a small wheel that had the stupid speed rating, she would have told me not to bother as she had 90 miles to travel and had no intention of driving at 50.
It was just me and her so I just left her too it .
I changed the wheel with her tools and put the spacsaver wheel on .
When done I said to her the flat tyre wheel is in the boot and I have put the tools away.
I mentioned to her that the spacsaver wheel had a max speed of 50 mph.
She told me that if she had known I was going to fit a small wheel that had the stupid speed rating, she would have told me not to bother as she had 90 miles to travel and had no intention of driving at 50.
It was just me and her so I just left her too it .
Driving at the weekend I attempted to give way to an oncoming car where he should have really reversed back from where he was. I moved over to a tight spot on the left to wave him through except I totally miss judged it and smacked my wheel into the kerb. £250 on a new tyre and I need to get a diamond cut wheel repaired, on my 3 month old car.
At A&E a year or two back there was an old boy who'd been waiting a while and looked bored and glum, so I struck up a conversation. Asked what brought him there, and it was heart palpitations; 'Ah well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' I joked, 'apart from Polio'. At this point he informed me he couldn't use his left arm because of Polio....
Skip forward a few months and I was back in A&E (I've had 8 blood clots in the last few years) and struck up a chat with an older lady, and I made the same joke.....she also had polio as a child and the associated weakness. Needless to say, I don't try to cheer people up with that joke anymore!
Skip forward a few months and I was back in A&E (I've had 8 blood clots in the last few years) and struck up a chat with an older lady, and I made the same joke.....she also had polio as a child and the associated weakness. Needless to say, I don't try to cheer people up with that joke anymore!
Jonmx said:
At A&E a year or two back there was an old boy who'd been waiting a while and looked bored and glum, so I struck up a conversation. Asked what brought him there, and it was heart palpitations; 'Ah well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' I joked, 'apart from Polio'. At this point he informed me he couldn't use his left arm because of Polio....
Skip forward a few months and I was back in A&E (I've had 8 blood clots in the last few years) and struck up a chat with an older lady, and I made the same joke.....she also had polio as a child and the associated weakness. Needless to say, I don't try to cheer people up with that joke anymore!
You clot. Skip forward a few months and I was back in A&E (I've had 8 blood clots in the last few years) and struck up a chat with an older lady, and I made the same joke.....she also had polio as a child and the associated weakness. Needless to say, I don't try to cheer people up with that joke anymore!
I once drove from Sheffield to Northumberland to help someone I didn't even know. She was a work colleague of a friend and her husband had suddenly dropped dead a few days prior whilst they were on their caravan holiday, and she needed help getting her caravan back to Sheffield.
I drove up there, hitched it up and towed it back to her house. She never said tank you. I put it down to the shock of her husband dying, but still, it's just two words!
I drove up there, hitched it up and towed it back to her house. She never said tank you. I put it down to the shock of her husband dying, but still, it's just two words!
Jonmx said:
At A&E a year or two back there was an old boy who'd been waiting a while and looked bored and glum, so I struck up a conversation. Asked what brought him there, and it was heart palpitations; 'Ah well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' I joked, 'apart from Polio'. At this point he informed me he couldn't use his left arm because of Polio....
Skip forward a few months and I was back in A&E (I've had 8 blood clots in the last few years) and struck up a chat with an older lady, and I made the same joke.....she also had polio as a child and the associated weakness. Needless to say, I don't try to cheer people up with that joke anymore!
I think some people are ridiculous about their ailments and conditions. They make it their whole personalitySkip forward a few months and I was back in A&E (I've had 8 blood clots in the last few years) and struck up a chat with an older lady, and I made the same joke.....she also had polio as a child and the associated weakness. Needless to say, I don't try to cheer people up with that joke anymore!
Laughter and not taking yourself too seriously is a pre-requisite. I have a (thankfully) mild condition, controlled by daily meds. I dont care if people take the piss. I didn't choose to have it.
I often make the joke that as my Mums side of the family have heart attacks and strokes. And my Dads side get Cancer. I suspect I know what my cause of death will be. I will be a run down by a bus.
Some people wince at it and say things like "dont tempt fate" But I cant change it really, so just keep moving forward on my (non work related) goals.
22 said:
I was just leaving a busy plant nursery last week when a lady fell backwards over a cone (there to stop parking immediately outside). She was mostly unscathed, a bit dusty, helped her up. All would have been ok if I hadn't trampled on her glasses as I dashed to grab her as she fell. I think she was pissed off, but couldn't really say anything as I had tried to help.
This evening I was walking the dog and saw a chap sat on his own up a hill (it was showers on and off). I wandered close and asked if he was ok. Said he'd been kicked out, not allowed to his mum & sister's because he "drinks a bit", lost his job, crashed his van. Brief chat - thanks for looking out. I walked back that way and he was on the phone to his sister. Hour or so later I thought I'd go and see if he was still there (Mrs 22 told me I'd end up getting stabbed or something!). He wasn't there but as I walked back down the hill I slipped and skidded on an already dodgy knee!
Any other minor good deeds that have gone pear shaped?
Don't underestimate the effect that your words may have had to the bloke on the hill. Nice one OPThis evening I was walking the dog and saw a chap sat on his own up a hill (it was showers on and off). I wandered close and asked if he was ok. Said he'd been kicked out, not allowed to his mum & sister's because he "drinks a bit", lost his job, crashed his van. Brief chat - thanks for looking out. I walked back that way and he was on the phone to his sister. Hour or so later I thought I'd go and see if he was still there (Mrs 22 told me I'd end up getting stabbed or something!). He wasn't there but as I walked back down the hill I slipped and skidded on an already dodgy knee!
Any other minor good deeds that have gone pear shaped?
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