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Did You See Kindness Today?
I did, and it was bbbeeeaaauuutttiiifffuuulll!
A few hours ago, I had to accompany someone to the Examination Depot to look at their license. I didn’t want to take a taxi because the fare was too expensive. It would be $200. The bus was $50.
I knew one bus that would take us there, but it wasn’t there. No inspector was around, so I went to the number 32 bus parked nearby and asked the driver which other bus would take us to where we wanted to go.
She said, “This bus will take you nearby.”
We didn’t know this.
Then a passenger at the front said, “Come on in, I will show you where to get off.”
He got up and gave me his seat. As more people entered, he assisted everyone with a bag. Several stops later, a lady entered with a brown bucket and a black plastic bag. He assisted her with the bucket. The driver slowly drove off, and she took up her bag. It tore apart, and its contents were scattered across the bus floor. The kind-hearted soul asked the driver to stop the bus, as we were in a busy shopping area.
He then gave her some money to buy a bag from a seller on the street near the bus on the driver’s side. Then he gave me the bag to pass it down the line to where she was…
