Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Week Thirty Seven: Buying Time for a Stranger’s Expired Parking Ticket.

As I was biking in the market this morning, I noticed a by-law officer roaming around the parked cars. He was viciously sticking tickets onto people’s windshields. “Hmm,” I thought, “maybe I could spare a poor sap from getting a ticket.” So I put a dollar in the machine and looked around for an almost expired ticket on a dashboard. I found one with 5 minutes to go so I tucked the new ticket under their windshield.

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I did a couple of errands in the area and about fifteen minutes later, I saw the owner and a friend standing next to their vehicle, laughing and taking pictures of the mysteriously newly acquired ticket. As I usually don’t see the reactions of my “victims of kindness”, this sight really put a smile on my face.

It was nice to see the affect that a small thoughtful thing can have on others.   


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