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Kindness

May 28, 2010 By Joel Runyon 4 Comments

My car broke down last night for who knows what reason [I know nothing about cars]. Before I knew it I was THAT GUY.

  • THAT GUY with the busted car.
  • THAT GUY in the right lane not turning right.
  • THAT GUY holding up a horde of traffic trying to get home.

After a few minutes of getting honked at, driven around and stared at while on the phone with AAA,  a guy walked up, asked me if I needed help. I said sure so he went ahead and helped direct the traffic around me, push my car out of the way of the raging masses, made sure I had a ride and that AAA was on the way, and then went and bought me a Gatorade from the gas station down before driving off.

I just wanted to say:

that was awesome.

Thanks Mark =)



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Comments

  1. Nate says

    May 28, 2010 at 7:23 am

    I love those random acts of kindness! It’s all about paying it forward.

    Thanks for sharing this, it got my day off to a good start.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 28, 2010 at 8:53 am

      Thanks Nate. It made my night last night too. Now to pass it on…

      Reply
  2. Bill J says

    May 28, 2010 at 11:54 am

    You have passed it on Joel, many times! I’m one of the beneficiaries…

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 29, 2010 at 2:55 am

      Glad I could help Bill =)

      Reply

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