Two Metro Passes and Giggles of Glee

--by deneen, posted Jun 6, 2009

We were in Boston for the long holiday weekend and since we knew we would be using public transportation instead of driving, we bought a couple of seven-day metro cards thinking we would save a little bit of money instead of buying one-day passes each day.

On our last day in town, we stepped up to a couple of young men that were just in the process of buying their own cards. My husband handed them both of our cards and the boys just giggled. They could not believe their good fortune as they looked at the cards and realized they had 5 more days to use the cards! My husband thought they might have been German tourists, based on their accent when they said thank you.

In any case, those giggles of glee were all the thanks we needed -- how wonderful to be able to share with strangers.

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Posted by deneen
Jun 6, 2009
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Hillary wrote: That was a nice gesture that my husband and i once tried to do. We nearly got arrested for it, though, so be very careful. We were at the d. C . Metro and had spent the day touring around and were done with our weekend passes so we thought we would make someone's day by giving them our passes that were still usable. The metro attendant came out and saw what we were trying to do and told us that we were breaking the law. We told the strangers that we were sorry but we couldn't give them the passes. So just be careful doing this raok!

tressyanne wrote: that is awesome. what a wonderful surprise they received that day.
Sending you smiles and giggles today.
:) tress

JuneBug wrote: That was so nice of the both of you!! You sure made their day!!! :)

Alraisi wrote: That's so nice! I did the same thing when I was in Malaysia! I gave my monthly card to a friend of mine when he always wanted to travel somewhere! It was good for him and he could save money from buying other tickets! Keep It Up...!!!
Al-Raisi

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