the strangest thing

flydino

I was in the airport last week trying, rather embarrassingly to open a bottle of water. From across the way, this stranger came up and said 'give it to me' and he opened it.Problem solved!

Got me thinking. It often happens...strangers helping people out. It happened while changing a tyre a couple of times too!

Does anyone have any nice stories of straongers helping them out on big things or little things?

Mark200

****, that just reminded me that I left my bottle of water at the train station.

admiralofthefleet

i used to have an awful habit of checking my pockets for change vigourously at bus stops but then some strangers ma helped me out and im fine since

giggsy664

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i used to have an awful habit of checking my pockets for change vigourously at bus stops but then some strangers ma helped me out and im fine since

Ah, I see what you did there.

Aodan83

Some randomers helped me get my car started once (its a piece of ****e)Absolute legends, all...3 of them... i think!!:o

Sharpshooter

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i used to have an awful habit of checking my pockets for change vigourously at bus stops but then some strangers ma helped me out and im fine since

Was that one of the little things the OP was talking about?

Berty

flydino wrote: »

I was in the airport last week trying, rather embarrassingly to open a bottle of water. From across the way, this stranger came up and said 'give it to me' and he opened it.Problem solved!

Got me thinking. It often happens...strangers helping people out. It happened while changing a tyre a couple of times too!

Does anyone have any nice stories of straongers helping them out on big things or little things?

Im thinking you have breasts.

Also, why are you changing tyres so often?

so this one time, i was in an airport nd this guy.. ah it was it so funny.. he couldn't open his bottle of water. he sat there for ages tryin.. so i went over nd opened it for him as a joke cause my friends thought it was pretty funny lookin.

then he gave me his phone number i was like "sorry man.. i'm not gay"





true story.

Terry

Deleted User wrote: »

so this one time, i was in an airport nd this guy.. ah it was it so funny.. he couldn't open his bottle of water. he sat there for ages tryin.. so i went over nd opened it for him as a joke cause my friends thought it was pretty funny lookin.

then he gave me his phone number i was like "sorry man.. i'm not gay"





true story.

I will ban you if you keep using text speak.

Mark200

Terry wrote: »

I will ban you if you keep using text speak.

lolz

giggsy664

Terry wrote: »

I will ban you if you keep using text speak.

Fairness terry, it doesnt look like textspeak to me. I know, the odd "nd" instead of "and" and the terrible punctuation, but I wouldnt ban someone for that

Ross_Mahon

Was at the garage buying some things, Realized i was 50 cent short, Some randomer paid the rest for me, Fair play to him.

Berty

giggsy664 wrote: »

Fairness terry, it doesnt look like textspeak to me. I know, the odd "nd" instead of "and" and the terrible punctuation, but I wouldnt ban someone for that

Dont question a moderator.

I was banned for that. Very touchy folks. Glad they dont control the nukes. Da worl wud b screwd. LOLZ @ U

Darragh29

flydino wrote: »

I was in the airport last week trying, rather embarrassingly to open a bottle of water. From across the way, this stranger came up and said 'give it to me' and he opened it.Problem solved!

Got me thinking. It often happens...strangers helping people out. It happened while changing a tyre a couple of times too!

Does anyone have any nice stories of straongers helping them out on big things or little things?

Funny you say that. I've noticed recently that everyone seems to have slowed down a bit and become a little more patient and mannerly. Little things are coming back, like people holding a door open if you are just behind them or saying thank you for small act of assistance...

Danbo!

I left my bike to get repaired in a bike shop in rathmines one morning and walked to work (stephens green). When I left work at 5 it was lashing rain so by the time I walked to the canal I was absolutely destroyed.

Then out of nowhere, some girl ran up behind me and said "here, it's a spare" and handed me an umbrella. I was pretty speechless but managed a thank you, and she continued on, running up toward portabello. Once out of sight, I fucked it into the canal. Umbrellas are for the gheys.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

A good example of this is petrol if you go over the 20euro mark by a few cent.

I'd say it equates to one fill up of petrol each and every decade..

my father in law goes a few cents over on purpose for this reason!! some of the chinese lads look for the pennies off him, he laughs in their face!

Berty

Deleted User wrote: »

A good example of this is petrol if you go over the 20euro mark by a few cent.

I'd say it equates to one fill up of petrol each and every decade..

When people used to go over 15-30cent on their petrol in my petrol station(years back) they used to get offended when I asked for the money. They used to say things like

"I bet your pumps are designed to go over by a few cent every so often. I imagine if 30 people go over you will milk in the profits"

Oh yeah. 30 cent per day. Fvcking tight ass fvcks!! :mad:

Its your retarded self that couldnt stop the pump before 10 and creep up to the mark, not me!

hussey

giggsy664 wrote: »

Fairness terry, it doesnt doesn't look like textspeak to me. I know, the odd "nd" instead of "and" and the terrible punctuation, but I wouldnt wouldn't ban someone for that

fixed that for ya

Terry

giggsy664 wrote: »

Fairness terry, it doesnt look like textspeak to me. I know, the odd "nd" instead of "and" and the terrible punctuation, but I wouldnt ban someone for that

Allowing crpa like that go is the first step towards this place becoming like bebo.

Spelling errors and grammatical errors are passable because not everyone knows how to use grammar in the correct way.
On the other hand, text speak is just ridiculous on a site where you have a 10,000 character limit and a full qwerty keyboard to use.

giggsy664

hussey wrote: »

fixed that for ya

Thnk you

I mean thank you. Yes, that's right.

Mark200

My friend deliberately goes over by about 2 cent every time he's getting petrol. I don't understand people who do that, and who drive distances to get 2cent a litre cheaper petrol....they wouldn't do that when buying biscuits or something like that

faceman

hussey wrote: »

fixed that for you

Fixed that for you.

A married female friend was on the train one time and she couldnt find her phone in her suitcase. She asked the bloke beside her if he wouldnt mind if she rang her phone from his phone. He happily obliged.

The next night at about 10:30pm she got a text from a numbe she didnt recognise. It was yer man from the train. He asked if she would like a relationship based on sex. Classy. Her husband gave yer man a call from her phone for the buzz!

Peared

faceman wrote: »

Fixed that for you.

A married female friend was on the train one time and she couldnt find her phone in her suitcase. She asked the bloke beside her if he wouldnt mind if she rang her phone from his phone. He happily obliged.

The next night at about 10:30pm she got a text from a numbe she didnt recognise. It was yer man from the train. He asked if she would like a relationship based on sex. Classy. Her husband gave yer man a call from her phone for the buzz!

Hmm, you weren't hearing this explanation of the text from the husband perchance were you?

Sounds fishy.

faceman

Peared wrote: »

Hmm, you weren't hearing this explanation of the text from the husband perchance were you?

Sounds fishy.

Nope.

LadyE

I had a flat tire the other morning..some owl lad was shouting me on the street (because i didnt realise and was driving on it:o) anyway, he came over to tell me when I pulled up outside my sons school..thought that was nice of him, to go out of his way.

Then, two other people (both women) offered to change my tire for me. Which I politly declined..then a guy in work also did the same..thoguht that was so so nice of them.

Terry

Got a puncture on Dame street in Dublin one night. The amount of drunk people offering to help was astounding.
I know how to change a tyre though.

Berty

LadyE wrote: »

I had a flat tire the other morning..some owl lad was shouting me on the street (because i didnt realise and was driving on it:o) anyway, he came over to tell me when I pulled up outside my sons school..thought that was nice of him, to go out of his way.

Then, two other people (both women) offered to change my tire for me. Which I politly declined..then a guy in work also did the same..thoguht that was so so nice of them.

Nice to know nice people still exist.

Why did YOU not change the wheel yourself?
How did you not notice you had a flat tyre?

You had to wait for a man to tell you. Typical

noblestee

noblestee wrote: »

I left my bike to get repaired in a bike shop in rathmines one morning and walked to work (stephens green). When I left work at 5 it was lashing rain so by the time I walked to the canal I was absolutely destroyed.

Then out of nowhere, some girl ran up behind me and said "here, it's a spare" and handed me an umbrella. I was pretty speechless but managed a thank you, and she continued on, running up toward portabello. Once out of sight, I fucked it into the canal. Umbrellas are for the gheys.

that's the best post i've read in like a week :pac:

LadyE

quirke_folder wrote: »

Nice to know nice people still exist.

Why did YOU not change the wheel yourself?
How did you not notice you had a flat tyre?

You had to wait for a man to tell you. Typical

I dont have a clue how I didnt notice..thought my engine was dodgy

And I do know how to change the tire, I didnt have a jack tho.

Senna

was at a un-named concert about 10 years ago, after the show we went back to the car for a few drinks. One of my useless mates locked the keys of my car in the boot, with all doors locked. I got a coat hanger to try and open the door, hadn't a clue what i was at, 3 sheet to the wind.
Anyway this fella came up and said do i want him to open it, took him about 5 seconds, i think i hugged him and then gave him what ever drink i had left in the car (about 30 quids worth).
Nice fella, but i didn't ask how he knew how to do it;)

Berty

I had to break into my own car a few weeks back. I put the keys through the open window into the ingnition and turned on the battery. Pulled the auto up window button and pulled my hands out of the car. When the window was fully up I realised I do not have a spare key so the battery was live and the car was sealed. ****!

My neighbour very kindly came out to help me after getting sick of hearing me shout at the car. Nothing that could be done.

I had to put a knife through the door frame bend it open and stick a metal bar down to push the elec window button. I wrecked the inside of the door. Still you cant see it from the outside and my boss has not seen it yet.

ottostreet

quirke_folder wrote: »

I had to break into my own car a few weeks back. I put the keys through the open window into the ingnition and turned on the battery. Pulled the auto up window button and pulled my hands out of the car. When the window was fully up I realised I do not have a spare key so the battery was live and the car was sealed. ****!

My neighbour very kindly came out to help me after getting sick of hearing me shout at the car. Nothing that could be done.

I had to put a knife through the door frame bend it open and stick a metal bar down to push the elec window button. I wrecked the inside of the door. Still you cant see it from the outside and my boss has not seen it yet.

why not just break the window, and get that repaired? if its a popular car, it'd be very cheap

The_Minister

A few months ago I was pegging for the bus when the driver (as they often do) waited for me to get right to the stop before pulling off, so the whole bus could have a good laugh.

Taxi suddenly pulls up beside me, and offers to take me to the next bus stop to get the bus.

I said no, but it was still lovely of him.

EamonnKeane

LadyE wrote: »

I had a flat tire the other morning..some owl lad was shouting me on the street (because i didnt realise and was driving on it:o) anyway, he came over to tell me when I pulled up outside my sons school..thought that was nice of him, to go out of his way.

Then, two other people (both women) offered to change my tire for me. Which I politly declined..then a guy in work also did the same..thoguht that was so so nice of them.

What was he doing up at that hour?

mumhaabu

I often offer to change the spare wheel especially if it is a lady driver poor sods the way wheel nuts are torqued on today with air guns the Incredible Hulk could hardly take them off. I once bent a brace and hurted my back simultaneously while loosening the studs on a car wheel.

Slow Motion

I was coming in to work a couple of weeks ago on the bus upstairs. When the bus stopped in town there was this doddery little old lady infront of me making hard work of getting down the stairs from the upper deck. So being raised to be helpful to my elders I placed the flat of my hand squarely between her shoulderblades and gave a good shove! She was down the stairs in no time at all! The look on her face as I stepped over her at the bottom made it all worth it!:)

Slow Motion

Slow Motion wrote: »

I was coming in to work a couple of weeks ago on the bus upstairs. When the bus stopped in town there was this doddery little old lady infront of me making hard work of getting down the stairs from the upper deck. So being raised to be helpful to my elders I placed the flat of my hand squarely between her shoulderblades and gave a good shove! She was down the stairs in no time at all! The look on her face as I stepped over her at the bottom made it all worth it!:)

in some circles, that may be frowned upon.. not mine tho, well done.

Slow Motion

Slow Motion wrote: »

I was coming in to work a couple of weeks ago on the bus upstairs. When the bus stopped in town there was this doddery little old lady infront of me making hard work of getting down the stairs from the upper deck. So being raised to be helpful to my elders I placed the flat of my hand squarely between her shoulderblades and gave a good shove! She was down the stairs in no time at all! The look on her face as I stepped over her at the bottom made it all worth it!:)

serves her right, she shouldn't have been upstairs if she couldn't handle it.