Winnie
11th July 2012, 07:10 PM
It pays to do good things for people!
I came across an old bloke this morning who was broken down on the side of the highway. I stopped to see what the go was and he said his car just died. Looked under the bonnet and the positive battery terminal had come off while he was driving. I put it back on and jump started him and he was so happy, said something about it being good that there are still young people out there willing to help a total stranger. He was going to visit his deceased father for his 100th birthday.
Then this afternoon after I left work as I was pulling into the Shell station a copper came in behind me. He noticed my bald tyres. I told him that I had just been in to see my tyre guy and got him to order me some new tyres, I showed him the tyre fitter's card where he wrote the price and everything on it, he let me go and just told me that I should replace worn tyres earlier than I have, and that if he sees me next week he will check to see that I have got those new tyres.
I filled up a full tank of LPG, $70 worth. Went in to pay and the EFTPOS machine had a fit. They could not get them to connect to the bank so the transaction could not be completed. The manager was there and he said they had no choice but to let me have the gas for free. After they cleared that transaction off their computer, the EFTPOS machine started working again, but they had cleared the system and there was no way they could charge me.
Bloody top day for me and it all started by helping a strange in need! Do good things for people and good things will happen to you.
I came across an old bloke this morning who was broken down on the side of the highway. I stopped to see what the go was and he said his car just died. Looked under the bonnet and the positive battery terminal had come off while he was driving. I put it back on and jump started him and he was so happy, said something about it being good that there are still young people out there willing to help a total stranger. He was going to visit his deceased father for his 100th birthday.
Then this afternoon after I left work as I was pulling into the Shell station a copper came in behind me. He noticed my bald tyres. I told him that I had just been in to see my tyre guy and got him to order me some new tyres, I showed him the tyre fitter's card where he wrote the price and everything on it, he let me go and just told me that I should replace worn tyres earlier than I have, and that if he sees me next week he will check to see that I have got those new tyres.
I filled up a full tank of LPG, $70 worth. Went in to pay and the EFTPOS machine had a fit. They could not get them to connect to the bank so the transaction could not be completed. The manager was there and he said they had no choice but to let me have the gas for free. After they cleared that transaction off their computer, the EFTPOS machine started working again, but they had cleared the system and there was no way they could charge me.
Bloody top day for me and it all started by helping a strange in need! Do good things for people and good things will happen to you.