Strangers’ Small Acts That Changed Lives Forever: Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
I pulled into the mall parking lot and heard something snap in my car, but couldn’t figure out what it was. Did my shopping and came back. The car would start, but I couldn’t shift out of park. A man and his daughter pulled up and saw me craning under the steering wheel, and came over to ask what was wrong. The guy took a look at it. Turned out a wire had wrapped around the drive train and snapped when I turned the wheel, and for safety reasons the car would not drive again until it was fixed.
I was pretty much in despair. I was a broke college student with no money to have the car fixed, let alone towed and then fixed.
But this dude was not just a dad. Oh no. He was a SuperDad™. Not only did he have the know-how to fix my car, he had all the tools in his truck.
There were complications. Twice he and his daughter took me to AutoZone to get parts I needed. He worked for a few hours, finished as it was getting dark, and once they were sure my car worked, he and his daughter left without having set foot in the mall.
This was a couple of years back and I don’t remember their names, but I’ll always remember what those two did for me.
One time i was going through costco just doing my normal s**t. There was an old Street Fighter 2 arcade game on sale right in the middle of the store. There was some guy around my age (30) just looking at it.
So i walked over stood next to him for like 10 seconds, we looked at each other and smiled and stepped up like a movie. We played for what felt like hours but in reality was only like 30 minutes until his wife came and collected him. He said, “nice to meet you man, that was fun”. We shook hands and he walked away.
I’ll never forget the look on his face when he looked back as he was walking away with his wife.. his face might have said “Don’t get married.” But i took it as “don’t get married to someone who won’t stop and play Street Fighter in Costco with you”.
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