Unexpected Kindness

Yesterday I was on a little (read: long) trip. It was quite a tiresome and intense outing. Finally, the day ended and I could get some rest.

My mom went with me. On one of the trains, we sat opposite a man who didn’t look particularly nice. Then a mobile phone rang and mom said: Is that mine? Suddenly, the man who sat facing us smiled and said, in a quite a friendly tone: “No, that’s mine”. And he turned it off. What do you know? People might look unfriendly and be nice anyway.

On the way back, there was this guy who didn’t look at all unfriendly, but he turned out to be even nicer than we’d expected. He happened to overhear mom saying she had a headache and was waiting for the serving cart to come onboard the train. The guy said: “I think there’s a coffee machine somewhere on the train”. A little later I was beginning to wonder what had happened to a rather big banknote that I had earlier. It wasn’t in any of my pockets. Then the guy asked us if we needed some change.

It’s always pleasant to get a positive surprise.