Ten Dollar Gas For My Cab

--by beachlove, posted Mar 21, 2007

I was just starting my duty for the evening shift of driving a cab. As I pulled into a service station to get gas, I waved at the people, a local musical duet, who were pulling off.

When I got ready to gas up, the pump would not work. I went into the store to figure out why and they said that the person ahead of me drove off without paying. "Oh no, I know them, they would not knowingly do that.". The clerk told me that she would reset the pump for me but asked me if I would just give them the names of the people that drove off so she could make a police report. I asked how much was their gas bill, she said it was $10. I gave her a twenty and said that I want $10 in gas for myself and pay the other tab with my change. So, I got my gas and went on and pulled my shift and forgot all about it.

When I came on duty the next evening and went to the service station and pumped $10 gas into my taxi, I went in to pay and had forgot my money. I told the cashier to hold on for just a minute so I could run out to get it. She said, "Wait a minute, Sweetie, this was left for you." She handed me an envelope and I opened it, having no idea what to expect and I pulled out and read the sweetest Thank-You card signed by our local musical duet with a $20 inside.

Talk about a Smile!

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Posted by beachlove
Mar 21, 2007
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Readers Comments

gine wrote: THIS IS SUCH A TOUCHING STORY.AMAZING HOW KINDNESS THAT IS PROOF TO YOU MEANS TO PEOPLE...IT'S WONDERFULL KNOWING THERE IS SUCH KIND PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD.PLEASE READ MY STORY.I WROTE TODAY .
THANKS GINE ;-)

Hope4lisa wrote: As Justin Timberlake sings these days (and i only know this because my 17 yr. old daughter MUST listen to HER radio station when we're in the car), what goes around, comes around. Of course HE'S singing about it in a completely different light.
Like Mister God tells us tho is so true......give and it shall be given unto you.....in good measure, pressed down, and running over.
Wonderful story Beachlove- thanks so much for sharing it!

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: People appreciate kindness and sometimes it comes back to you quickly!

BethAnn wrote: You did an incredibly generous thing and showed love and it came back around!!! Keep it up!

asdf wrote: That is so amazing! As the beatles put it, "the love you take is equal to the love you make" Not only do random acts of kindness help others, most of the time they even come right back to you.

crittergitter wrote: i love this it is so awesome iove u mom

monkeyinpajamas wrote: wow beautiful story!

wayfarer wrote: It's such a simple thing! We could all do it. But we don't and you did. That's what makes you a hero.

MJ wrote: This is a great story. Hopefully this will encourage others to be so kind.

Aurelia wrote: See how your kindness was witness to others.If you hadn't helped out the duet, you probably would have hard a horrible sleep with it on your mind. I'm glad you had to extra$10 to help out and show our world that a little act is all it takes. Peace.

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