The good deeds thread....

[MrMastodonFarm]

oops.

[RedMileDJ]

A couple weeks ago I bought the coffee and donuts for the person behind me at the Tim Horton's drive-thru. I was hoping that they would do the same and so on. I have no idea if they did, but it made me feel good.

[Kipperriffic]

I keyed a Canuck fan's car and when he confronted me I kicked his Dog off the bridge.



In all seriousness, I used to be a Home Care volunteer. I used to visit this very old sweet elderly gentleman who was a little lonely as his wife had passed away. His face used to light up when I came over. That always made my day. He had a collection of old western movies that he really liked watching with me.

[Vulcan]

When I first came to Calgary in 76, I drove taxi for a winter. I got a call to the King Eddy and no one showed. I'm standing outside looking around and I see this dark shape against the snow, across the street by the railroad tracks, so I drive over. It's some drunk passed out, so I shake him and ask him if he wants a taxi. He does so he gets in and I turn up the heat and drive him over to Vic Park. I think the fare was $1.80, he paid me so we both won.

[SeeBass]

I go up to Edmonton quite often for work and I have company season tickets for the Oilers.
My usual waitress at my hotel is a single mom and has a 10 year old who loves hockey but she has never been able to afford to take him. I gave her tickets to tonight's game.
These are pretty high end tickets too $256 each for club seats.
I always remember the times my dad took me to games so I know this will be special for some young boy.

I let my husband go to the pub with all his friends to watch the game tonight while I stayed home with the flu to look after our sick kid.

[Flabbibulin]

I was at the Tim Horton's/Esso in the Silver City area and the young girl at the Tim Horton's counter was being absolutely berated and yelled at by the clown in the front of me (for no good reason I'm sure)... probably made a mistake with his order or something. By the time I was up for ordering, she was crying her eyes out and looked absolutely miserable. So, I bought my coffee and left her a nice $40 tip. She was shocked out of her mind and didn't know what to say...

I remember working at the Silver Springs esso when I was in high school and the endless number of idiot customers we got... imho, its one thing to tear a strip off a guy, and totally different when its a young girl working by herself.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

I let my husband go to the pub with all his friends to watch the game tonight while I stayed home with the flu to look after our sick kid.

I suspect your good deed will be rewarded later

[OffsideSpecialist]

Originally Posted by pgsieve

Did anyone else have a big problem with the Christmas shoe box campaign? I had never done it before, and talked myself and my roommates into doing it. We saw all the posters in our residence building that they would be picking the shoe boxes up at a particular time. We waited during the hour that they said they would be there to pick them up, and no one showed up? Then we heard that the campaign was over and that we had to have our boxes in by the 27th or something? (They were supposed to pick them up on the 23). Anyways.. we tried staples and a few other places that said they were taking them, only to find out that we were too late. We ended up bringing the boxes to the Children's Hospital, where they took the toys for the kids there.

For someone who has never really been involved in these types of volunteer campaigns, they sure make made it difficult to participate. I could see this turning people away from a good cause. All things aside, the toys got out to some kids who need them.

Thanks for reminding me. Even though I have certain issues with that particular campaign I like to do something similar every year and will try to do something this week before exams when I go back to Ottawa.

In the meantime, as an act of kindness, I shoveled my neighbour's sidewalk

[AFireInside]

I've done a couple things in the past couple days.

I came home a couple nights ago, and some new people were moving in up the street. Their moving van was stuck, so I got out and helped some those who were already there. After a long time everyone gave up, and went home, while the couple called a tow truck. Something clicked and I figured out a way to get them out. Got them out just in time to cancel the tow truck and save the cash.

It paid off because a different neighbour had to help me out last night when I got stuck because I'm a moron and thought I could get into my garage without clearing the snow first.

And tonight I shoveled the sidewalks in front of mine and my neighbours houses, at this point you can barely tell I shoveled anything! lol

[Mathalete]

This is not something that I did, but something someone did for me.

In the summer of 2009, I was travelling home to Manitoba from Alberta. I got into a wicked car accident that totalled my car. My gf at the time sustained major injuries (broken tibia/fibula). Many people were helpful at the scene. One particular stranger, though, took our cat and dog into their vehicle and stayed with me at the hospital in Vermillion until we had a prognosis. When I found out that my gf was being transferred to Edmonton because of her injuries, the lady offered to keep our pets and the stuff from our car as long as needed.

She had a friend in Edmonton come visit in the hospital daily and do nice deeds (i.e. laundry, take me car shopping, etc). I stayed at the hospital myself (uninjured) for a week.

Have you ever tried renting a car and bringing it across two provinces? Doesn't work so well!! So the lady drove me, the pets and all the crap from the totalled car from her home in Lloydminster to my home in Cranberry Portage, MB, an 800 km journey, for nothing. Just to be nice.

I've kept in touch with her and consider her a true friend.

[albertGQ]

I don't do many good deeds but my wife likes to donate 10% of her income and does the shoebox thing too.
That counts for me too right?

[pepper24]

I went outside this morning to shovel my walk and it was already done so I returned the favor by shoveling the walk of another neighbor.

[MoneyGuy]

The lady next door's husband travels a lot. No it's not what you're thinking. I shovel their snow several times a winter when he's away. Funny thing, they have a snow blower but I don't. I consider this my duty.

[flamesrule_kipper34]

I'll post this one since it's Flames' related as well:

The fall of 08, there was Flames Golf Charity tourney at Heritage Pointe in September and a certain Flames' player missed the team bus at the end of day...so I offered him a ride to be picked up by another Flames' player afterwards which he took me up on.

I don't really consider it a good deed because I was basically shatting myself when the opportunity presented itself, and it makes a cooler story than anything to friends but yeah.

[gargamel]

A homeless woman asked if I could buy her a bagel with vegetable cream cheese, so I decided to do my annual good deed and walked the 2 blocks to the bagel shop to get it for her. When I got back, she didn't say thank you, but instead looked in the bag and said, "this is regular vegetable cream cheese - I wanted low fat." I figured a homeless woman would want all the calories she could get, but I was committed to making this my good deed, so I took the bagel back and switched to low fat cream cheese for her. When I gave it to her, she said she wanted to give me something, and handed me a piece of paper. My mind started racing and I thought maybe she was some wealthy old lady who was going to give me a large cheque and that this whole process had just be a test to see if I was worthy. Nope. Just an ordinary piece of paper with "chicken salad on wheat toast with pickles" written on it. When I asked what that was, she said it was what she wanted for dinner, and that she'd probably be hungry around 4pm so it would be great if I could bring it to her then. And that's why I haven't done any good deed since.

[IgnitedSoul]

A few days ago, some families came into the store where I'm working with about four fairly young kids. The youngest is upset and crying, and so after a minute or so of the parents calmly trying to get her to stop, I go over with a big gold sticker for the young girl. She stopped crying and lit right up. I was glad it made her happy, the parents were grateful, and I felt the other shoppers may have appreciated it, too.

[Nufy]

last night after leaving the Movies at Chinook...

I was clearing the snow off of my truck and this older lady was getting into her car next to mine.

Jokingly she said "want to clear mine off as well ?"

So I did...

She was happy and surprised at the same time.

[RogerWilco]

I took a girl on a date to the cheep theatre so it didn't cost her to much. I also shared my pop corn and drink with her. Had a big jacket on to get the stuff in though.

Left the wife at home to get over a cold, she hates noise.

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by RogerWilco

I took a girl on a date to the cheep theatre so it didn't cost her to much. I also shared my pop corn and drink with her. Had a big jacket on to get the stuff in though.

Left the wife at home to get over a cold, she hates noise.

Hat trick