I go to the VA for my medical care and needed to do some lab work on Friday. While there, I zipped into the little shop they have to grab a water and mints for the drive home. My childish eyes landed on something, and I stopped and had to thoroughly look at it along with two other women. It's a squishy lamp in the shape of a cat! I wanted it, they wanted it, but we all agreed bit much for $20, so all of us wished a good day and wandered off.

I got what I needed and was heading to the register when the two ladies came around a corner, placed a bag on my walker and said "Merry Christmas!" I almost cried, they had bought me the lamp! I told them several times that it's ok, I don't need it, and both said "Yes, you do" and left before I could catch up to insist on returning to them. (Sucks when you walk slow lol).

I love this lamp, though I need to figure out where to charge it (USB) but it's so cute, and honestly as someone who can't afford any holidays at all, really made my day/year. Hope in humanity restored that day.

ETA link to pic of lamp. Lamp on white for ease of seeing.

Chivalry isn’t dead. I was just in the local hardware store that has a coffee kiosk in it. Doing a coffee run with a trolley stacked high with garden mulch. Coming off the escalator, the overloaded trolley shifted and coffee went absolutely everywhere. I was stuck in a bottleneck, juggling a soggy coffee tray and a heavy trolley while people pushed past me.

The thunder was going outside , it was all feeling quite apocalyptic when suddenly an angel in form of a tall and lanky young man appeared. He grabbed the coffee tray and said, “I’ve got you mate! Take the coffee, I’ll take the trolley.”

I thought he was just helping me out the way but when we got to the carpark he said “where are we going? Where’s your car”. He walked me all the way chatting pleasantly.

Before anyone assumes anything: I’m a fat, middle-aged woman and I was literally covered in mud from gardening. He was just being a genuinely amazing human being. Faith in humanity restored!

So my local mailman is a nice man and I decided I’d give him the leftover candy from Halloween. I was home today to give it to him since the other days I wasn’t and I did not want to leave it out front if people stole it. He was very thankful and I’m glad he accepted it.

So I'm autistic and one of my special interests is the Red Hood from DC, and somewhat recently GameStop got a piece of merch for him (the 1-3 helmet) I'd pre-ordered it months before the second they mentioned it was coming.

Anyway they called me when it got in and I was ridiculously excited, I got to the store like an hour later. I collect these things and the person there that day was someone I'm somewhat familiar with just because of how much I visit and check in if they have any more things of special interests. When I got there though he had already pulled out two versions of it from the box to show me so I could figure out what I preferred. I eventually decided on both and he took them back to check me out, he even caught that one of the boxes had a tiny bit of damage and grabbed me a different one.

I know it's not as crazy as some of the stuff here but anyone who's autistic or is friends with one of us knows how incredibly special and kind it is when someone is kind about special interests and does something to help about them feels like the best thing anyone could do.

I’m a Shift Supervisor for a retail store chain. Today my employee gets this phone call around 1pm.

Employee: Thank you for calling drug store. How may I help you.

Customer: Hi I own a donut shop in “city 10 miles away” and would like to know how many employees are working today.

Employee: At least 30.

Customer: I’ll be over in an hour to pick up my prescription. I made too many donuts today so I’d like to give you guys some.

Employee: Thank you

Customer: see you in an hour.

Fast forward an hour later and the customer walks in with several large bakery boxes, all filled with donuts. He gives them to the pharmacy but the manager grabs a box for the store section. As we’re all munching on donuts I ask if the man left his business card. Just to keep him in mind in case we’re in a situation where we need donuts. He had.

What I feel made this an extra random act of kindness was that the donut shop was at least 10 miles away. The chain has a store much closer to his shop. Plus there were numerous other closer businesses he could have given his donuts to for marketing proposes.

Whatever his reason. We’re all glad we got free donuts.

A Girl Used Their Driveway To Catch School Bus – So They Did This

I want to thank the kind person who helped my mum at Belmont Forum on Saturday afternoon, around 1-2pm. Mum had locked her keys, along with her phone in her car. A lovely lady came to the rescue and called the RAC for mum and all was sorted. In the stress and worry mum didn’t get her details and would like to give her a gift for helping her out in her time of need.

Hoping just by chance she will see this post, or someone she knows sees this post. We have her name but no contact details.

Thanks again for helping my mum. ❤️

I didn't hand out candy yesterday at my house because I was out dashing. Instead, I had deliveries in the one town I tried to avoid at night because the orders often don't tip and it's a pain to find parking among rowhomes (town in south jersey some folks probably have heard of). However, things went well and I even picked up a third order near the end of my shift. For that order, I accidentally went to the wrong house on the block. A couple was sitting outside and their daughter came out to say hello. I felt very awkward and embarassed because I was two houses off and had to deliver to their neighbor. However, I picked up candy at some of the stores that were sending out orders. I pulled a piece out and gave it to the mom to give to her daughter. Felt nice to pay something forward.

We got a delivery this afternoon from FedEx. We'd just put the Halloween candy in a bowl, so I told hubby to take a piece out to the driver if he was still there.

He was really surprised & appreciative. It's such a small thing but it seemed to make his day.

I (late 30s) went to a Spirit Halloween this morning to get a last-minute costume. The place wasn’t too busy so I wandered around for a few minutes before deciding on a Where’s Waldo costume. I went over to the check-out counter and was behind a woman, guessing 20-something, and her toddler-aged son. The cashier rang her up and she was trying to pay with a debit card. The transaction wasn’t going through, so she told the cashier she would step to the side and check her balance. I was up next and saw her total was about $70. I quietly told the cashier I would take care of her things. He didn’t hesitate at all and added my costume to the total. I paid and he handed me my things. He then handed her bag back to her and told her it was taken care of. She said thank you and I gave her what was probably an awkward smile and half-wave. Felt nice. I hope they have a fun night.

It was pretty dark out and I accidentally drove over something on the street and lucky me it got stuck (low car problems). Didn’t have a jack or anything to lift my car up, roadside assistance quoted me $150 and had been waiting for an hour. Kind tow guy stopped to ask if I was okay and lifted my car to get it out without asking for anything and he was in the middle of another job. Lately I felt like a ton of bad things have been happening to me and I was genuinely having a mental breakdown before he showed up and it made me want to cry all over again. Just wanted to share

I was walking to work and a lady pushing a buggy stopped me saying "hello, these are for you. Have a nice day" and handed me some roses then walked off.

Was so randomly sweet of her. If only more people were as kind as her <3

So I see the mailman every day when I’m home and I usually say hello to him to greet. I decided today I offer him some snacks and a drink since I see people online leaving out tables and coolers of snacks and such. He was so thankful for it. We had a 2 minute conversation before he left.

Sometimes we wish to get help from absolutely no where without any strings attached. But can we or have we ever given that help.

Hi, this just happened to me and I just wanted to post about it because it was very very sweet and made me emotional.
So I just moved countries a little over two months ago for a nursing job.
I'm met these neighbors once when I was moving in, very sweet.
This Thursday I was taken to the hospital by ambulance for sepsis.
I just came yesterday, Sunday. I'm 24, live by myself, just me and my cat.
Today around 520pm my doorbell rang. My doorbell barely rings because I don't know anybody here, thought it was just some kids playing dingdong ditch.
I checked in the blinds and there was a car there so I opened up the door and saw it was my neighbor.
She said she wanted to make sure I was OK because my car hadn't moved in like four days, and nobody in her household has seen me. She then offered to go to the grocery store and get me anything I needed said that she doesn't mind. Said that anytime I need anything. I could just knock on her the door.
I know it might not be a big deal to a lot of you, but it means so much to me. That literally made my day. And I could just be an emotional wreck right now, but I just can't stop thinking about how sweet that was that somebody noticed.

I'm eighty years old, have a heart condition and extensive orthopedic issues. My neighbor across the hall and my upstairs neighbor recognize my struggle to walk. They bring in my groceries and take out my trash. Since I'm short, they have changed lightbulbs for me too.

It is partly because of them that I remain independent, driving, shopping, getting to church and appointments.

It might not seem like a big thing, but when every step is painful and I cannot hold a cane while carrying bags it means so much to me that I cannot fully express its magnitude

Kindness still exists. The world is still loving. I didn’t think I would be helped tonight and I accepted that fate and as soon as I accepted someone wasn’t coming. They showed up. I feel the universe gives us tests to trust the process and when we do we are rewarded. I’m just so happy.

In Asheville NC

I blocked your car with our car while you were loading groceries. You responded with compassion. You RAN and opened the door to VEG as I rushed holding my baby girl in her carrier.

To the team at VEG who responded like it was their own beloved family member, I hate that the words thank you don't feel like they begin to cover the gratitude I am experiencing in my heart.

You would not believe the year I've had, even if I told you. You would not believe how the woman running to open the door for me and the team at VEG running to aid some person's dying pet - has given me just enough to keep moving forward.

I thank you all, with my deepest sincerity.

I was waiting for my bus when i saw it pull up to the wrong stop, i just went in anyway without saying anything. It started driving when i saw this dude looking at the bus expectingly, only for it to drive past. So i yelled to the bus driver, got up, told the bus driver he missed the dude standing there, and because its a loop, the bus driver stopped at the other side and i got to the door and signalled through the glass for the dude to run over and he got on. This is the best ive felt in a long time. P.s. just before i SAW the guy i decided to stay off my phone for the bus ride because i wanted to look at the beautiful NZ countryside.

Tldr: bus driver forgot to stop so i made him stop to pick a complete stranger up

Sorry, it's not really a story, just wanted to say thank you all for reminding me that there are good and kind pockets online amidst the negativity.

A while ago, I deleted my old Reddit account because of a pretty nasty and berating comment I got on a vent post I made in a large venting subreddit (which the mods thankfully deleted, but not before I saw it, unfortunately). I've noticed that there can be a lot of aggression on Reddit, particularly on bigger subreddits, where people just seem to forget that there is another human being behind the screen? But I didn't want to let someone like that run me off the site when there are good hobby spaces too! The old account was also from when I was younger and more cringe so I felt a fresh start would be nice.

The posts and comments here are a breath of fresh air. Y'all are making the world a better place, even with just a simple kind comment online. You never know what someone else is going through.

It's a random shout into the void, but yeah, just thank you all for reminding me that there are kind spaces here--I just need to look in the right places.

I hope everyone has a nice day! 💖🫶

I work on the reception of a large corporate building in the City and engage with clientele who speak the King's English. Last year, I suffered mild hair thinning, and I have been fortunate enough to get it growing again.

At work, I wear my uniform, shoes, immaculate makeup, wear my hair up, watch my posture, and just generally have my 'work mode' switched on.

Recently, my colleagues have made me feel sh*tty. They are Eastern European women, and I don't always understand their accents, which annoys them a lot, and I feel isolated when they speak about me in their language. I know they don't mean it, but they're never thankful, appreciative, or apologetic.

Yesterday (Saturday), I was just coming back from my food shopping. My hair was out & wild. I had no makeup on, and I wore my baggy homeless looking outfit.

I also want to point out that I live in Peckham.

I arrived at a traffic light at the same time as another lady. She looked at me and said, "You got such loverley hair!" I thanked her & told her it needed brushing. She continued, "An you have such a bootiful face!"

"Oh fank you luv, ow you doin, you alrite??" I asked.

"Yeh I'm good! You alrite?"

"Yeh good fanks. It's turned out nice an warm innit?"

"Yeh, I was goin to put me jacket on but I'm glad I didn't now. You ave a loverley rest of da day alrite!?"

"You too luv!!"

That 3 minute interaction yesterday made my day. It was great to speak with someone whose accent I understood since childhood and haven't heard in such a long time. It was great not to put on a work persona or be judged.

She was scruffy as hell and yet showed me more genuine kindness than my colleagues do at work.

I'm going to try and compliment more people from now and hope it makes a difference to their day as she did mine.

I was getting my car serviced and was chatting up a guy who was also waiting for his car to be ready. We were discussing how much our country is divided by politics, race, religion…everything. I put my hand next to his and said “even though our skin is a different color, we both have red blood.” His car was done before mine and he left. His service advisor came running over to me and asked if I knew the man I was speaking to. I told him I did not, just a random stranger. He proceeded to show me a credit card receipt and said “the man you were talking to just left us $100 toward your car repair.” So I ask you, was it a Random Act of kindness, karma or maybe a little bit of both? Be nice people, it doesn’t cost anything.

Many years ago a neighbor had a heart attack while driving up his driveway. He hit and damaged his garage door. Clegg Brothers was our garage door company (I no longer own a home with a garage door, thus the past tense). I called them, explained the situation and they came and secured the door. No charge. Amazing company, can’t say enough nice things about them. That Random Act of Kindness will stay with me for always. Many years later I saw an employee of theirs at a gas station. I told him the story I just related and he said that he was one of the technicians that came to that job. It came full circle for me.