Strangers’ Small Acts That Changed Lives Forever: Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
It was a simple act of sharing and kindness that I’ll never forget.
I met a guy on the bus one day. He and I looked very much like brother and sister. VERY MUCH. We talked for the whole bus trip, each of us opting to miss our respective stops. We ditched our plans and spent the whole day together at the beach, just talking and walking. Our connection was immediate. It was an amazing day. We never saw each other again, but I never forgot.
One guy was playing one of those word puzzles on his phone on the train. He was stuck on one of the words I chimed in and told him the word and then everyone inside the train block started telling him the words and it was a really cool experience because people usually keep to themselves in a train journey however my one suggestion was a sort of an icebreaker for everyone.
I’m a white, overly educated guy that works for the university system. I was a bit out of place at the monster truck show I was attending, but I didn’t care: monster trucks, yo. I had to use the restroom and the latrine was empty. I was at the urinal when another man–a very large, overweight, camouflage wearing dude comes bee-bopping in and pulls up to the urinal at the other end. This man farted so loud and so hard as he was taking a p**s that the automatic paper towel dispenser behind us spits out a sheet of brown hand drying loveliness.
We both looked at each other and started laughing. Not just ‘haha that was cool bro’ laughing. It was the funniest s**t either of us have ever witnessed in our entire life. I honestly don’t even remember if I pi**ed. We were laughing so hard that we were both hyperventilating. There was backslapping and bent over belly laughter as we were both pointing at the dangling paper towel in marvel.
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