# I went out of my way to help someone today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957 "2011-12-21T16:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957/21 "2011-12-23T02:53:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Hey, I have my own addition to the thread now! I found a purse in a shopping cart in the parking lot at Walmart today; after looking around and making sure that there wasn’t someone coming back for it, I took it in to the lost-and-found. As I was waiting in line, the little old lady who had lost the purse came in and took it back and thanked me. 🙂 Awesome! We should start a “good things I did for complete strangers” thread! And then send it to a news outlet to prove that all hope of humanity isn’t lost. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957/22 "2011-12-23T03:11:35Z")
Why is it that these “I helped a stranger” stories are always, ALWAYS about picking up a stranded motorist? Anyway, my stranded motorist story is when I picked up the soccer player and took him to a concert at a bar, bought him a drunk, and let him crash on my couch. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957/23 "2011-12-23T03:41:09Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Why is it that these “I helped a stranger” stories are always, ALWAYS about picking up a stranded motorist? Anyway, my stranded motorist story is when I picked up the soccer player and took him to a concert at a bar, bought him a drunk, and let him crash on my couch. I wish somebody would buy me a drunk :(. I always have to go out and get my own. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957/24 "2011-12-23T03:58:07Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > I wish somebody would buy me a drunk :(. I always have to go out and get my own. Or you have to make them at home from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957/25 "2011-12-23T04:15:39Z")
At the Dollar Tree the other day a lady was in front of us and asked my husband to hold her place while she went to look for something else. It finally became “our” turn, (hers) and since she hadn’t come back we put all our stuff on the belt. Just then she came back, but instead of being pissed (with some people, they would think you’re inconviencing them instead of the other way around) she told us it was fine. She was buying lots of “little goodies” and said they were for the patients at the nursing home where she worked. She said the other people she worked with weren’t interested in having a party or really celebrating with the folks, but she couldn’t understand how people could not feel the joy of making someone else happy. When the cashier had rung up our stuff I turned and gave her a bear hug, and told her that some people did appreciate how much she cared. My brother died in a nursing home at age 55. And some of the people who worked there made him smile. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957/26 "2011-12-23T05:00:00Z")
(Sorry I’m posting again so soon.) I sent my cousin an afghan I’d made, because she let slip that she and her boys aren’t exchanging gifts this year. (Not enough money.) In the box I put a note: EVERYBODY gets a present at Christmas. Santa said so. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957/27 "2011-12-23T20:07:06Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > If he did have a cell phone, don’t you think he would have used it? Do you think he just sat there in his broken-down car and thought, “Should I use my cell phone to call the roadside assistance number I have so conveniently programmed into it? Nah, I think I’d rather walk.” > > :rolleyes: He could have had a phone that died, hence my question. Save the snark for someone who cares. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-out-of-my-way-to-help-someone-today/606957.md?page=1)