Strangers’ Small Acts That Changed Lives Forever: Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
One night after 1:00 AM my girlfriends and I were cruising in the family station wagon on snowy gravel roads listening to music and smoking a doob. I hit a icy patch and put the Country Squire into the ditch… Before cell phones, we were scared and not sure where we were or what to do, it was about 10 degrees outside. About 5 minutes into the dilemma, we saw tractor lights coming across the cornfield where we were ditched. A caring farmer had seen our headlights and got up, jumped on his tractor and came and pulled us out of the ditch. All he said when we got to us was, “You girls need a hand there?”. We still laugh about it and are so thankful for Super Farmer Man.
When not in school, I work as a contractor for a direct care provider. Essentially, I drive young adults with mental disabilities to and from work. My client and I were in the check-out line at Walmart checking out after picking up some snacks for the car ride. I hear a commotion behind me and I turn to see a young woman with a bright blue pixie cut and no less than 20 Starbucks mugs (the kind that come with instant hot chocolate) in her arms. One almost slipped out but she was able to recover it.
I asked her if she was good and she jokingly explained that it was her price control method. Instead of getting a cart, she limits herself to what she can carry in her arms. I had assumed that these were Christmas gifts, but she said that they were all for her. She works at Starbucks, but the stores never carry the best holiday merchandise. My brother works at Starbucks so I asked what store she worked at and vice versa and then the conversation turned into us just fangirling about coffee.
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