Stories of Kindness from Around the World

A Quick Return


--by macgoo, posted Jul 8, 2013
 
About a week ago I was in a local supermarket and a gentleman was attempting to open a plastic bag to put some fruit into it. I had a feeling he wasn't the one who generally did the shopping in his family, so I pulled another bag off the dispenser, opened it, let him fill it, and handed it to him. He gave me the other bag, smiled, and said, "Thanks!"
 
Earlier today I was in an unfamiliar grocery store. I had my hands full and couldn't see where the plastic bags were located. Before I knew it an elderly lady tore a bag off, opened it, and told me to stick my produce in!
 
I met her again going through the checkout and told her that her good deed would be returned very soon as mine had taken less than a week.  
 
We both chuckled and went our separate ways.
 
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Readers Comments

princessliz wrote: awww, that's really nice :)
Bluebell wrote: That was really sweet :-)
moral12 wrote: That's karma in action, all right! Very cute!
Bluebellgirl wrote: haha, its like gravity. or cause and effect. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. These situations are funny, in the sense that you question whether it was meant to happen or not. I say, you may have willed it, so lets appretiate the opportunity given to us. ;)
Bluxess wrote: What goes around comes around, Bluxess.
annjav wrote: I'll bet she's watching for the Kindness Fairy now!

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