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MovedtoBolton 01-10-2011 21:09

There are still good people out there - proof
 
Today my 13 year old daughter lost her purse. The last place she remembered having it was on the bus on her way home from her birthday shopping trip, £70 in cash and her newly aquired bank card therein. To say she was upset would be the understatement of the year.

Armed with the bus number (the 536) and a description of the driver Mrs MTB and I jumped in the car in the forlorn hope of 1, finding the bus, 2 finding the purse and 3, finding any of the contents still in there.

Well, we managed all three. Caught the bus up 3 miles away in Bolton and a passenger had handed it to the driver who kindly looked after it and gave it back to us. We now have a happy birthday girl and my faith in human nature is restored. I know its not an Accy tale but thought I would share it anyway

lancsdave 01-10-2011 21:13

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Good to hear the happy ending. There are still lots of good people out there, just that the bad ones make better news stories unfortunatley

Margaret Pilkington 01-10-2011 21:31

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Always good to hear about honest people.
Glad it all turned out well.
And Happy Birthday to the young lady.

MovedtoBolton 01-10-2011 21:49

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 937300)
Always good to hear about honest people.
Glad it all turned out well.
And Happy Birthday to the young lady.

Thanks Margaret, it was quite an episode! She's learned a valuable lesson today too and won't put all her eggs on one basket again.

shillelagh 01-10-2011 21:56

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agree with margaret p and lancsdave ... there are some good people out there but the worst always makes the news ....

davemac 01-10-2011 21:58

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I gives us hope that there are still random acts of kindness, goodness knows we see far to many of the other type. Glad for the happy outcome

lancsdave 01-10-2011 22:02

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Originally Posted by MovedtoBolton (Post 937304)
Thanks Margaret, it was quite an episode! She's learned a valuable lesson today too and won't put all her eggs on one basket again.


You never mentioned the basket before, just the purse :D

garinda 01-10-2011 23:39

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Thanks for sharing that.

I still firmly believe the good folk outnumber the bad.

jaysay 02-10-2011 09:23

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A feel good story for a change

wadey 02-10-2011 09:56

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Very good indeed, we tend to hear bad news, so a nice change

Margaret Pilkington 02-10-2011 12:09

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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 937308)
I gives us hope that there are still random acts of kindness, goodness knows we see far to many of the other type. Glad for the happy outcome


I wouldn't class this as a random act of kindness. I would class it as one person who believed that honesty is its own reward.
I'm not being picky, but that is just how I see it.

davemac 02-10-2011 12:30

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it is a random act, it may be the same person who acts in this way all the time, but to the recipient it is random, unless they lose their purse when this person is around on a regular basis.
and yes it is picky.

Margaret Pilkington 02-10-2011 13:24

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Well, that's me told.

Margaret Pilkington 02-10-2011 13:26

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That's one to you and none to me :D

davemac 02-10-2011 14:52

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 937385)
That's one to you and none to me :D

its not about point scoring, its aboutdoing random acts of kindness, when I am out, I wear my underpants on the outside and fasten my duffle coat by the top toggle


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