nice people just being nice and caring

[HMP]

I coach soccer at the school I teach at.
Well, I am supposed to be the JV coach, but we folded the jv team this year due to lack of players, Im the assistant V coach this season.
It's not been a good season, we've lost and lost and lost.
For added motivation, I had an idea, "When we play at Salisbury, yall win and we'll stop at Cookout or something on the way home."

Well, we did not win.
But we lost 3 to 2, and they are ranked 7th in the state for 2A this year. Theyve won 3 state championships in the last 6 years. Theyre really good. And we were in the dang game.

So me and the head coach talked and said, "these boys played their butts off, lets do it anyways"
We ended up, because the kids asked, going to Chic-Fil-A.

28 of us (not counting some parents who got there early).

Some kids didnt have any money and one kid just went and sat down. Head coach walked by, "youre not getting anything?" and the kid replied he didnt have any Ive money with him, coach said he'd get him.

Coach then has a guy walk up and put a 20 in his hands and tell him to use it to help anyone that didnt have money.

Wow.
A complete stranger.
So our kid got what he wanted, which was just a small fry, and we thanked the man for his generosity.
Of course, a small fry does not equal twenty bucks, so I used that money and paid for the people behind us - two on-duty Sheriff officers.



In a world where we see so much hate, anger, and violence on tv, there are still LOADS of amazing people in this world/in this country. Bless all you awesome folks who give to make sure others dont suffer or are left out.

 

[B00ger]

Great story!

I personally feel that there is still far more good in the world than bad, but the bad stuff is more blood boiling and "if it bleeds it leads". Its also not as controversial to talk about, so the topics are normally short lived. I wouldn't be opposed to a sticky, or even just a thread filled with "Stuff that didn't suck today" stories like this that we could all share.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Hopefully, this is also due to an increased "pay it forward" attitude...really a way of encouraging people to do good by their fellow man.

(Oops...I just assumed a gender, there...)

Occasionally, I'll do this quasi-anonymously. Like the time I was eating at a restaurant near this couple with their screaming infant child just a couple tables away. I remember what it was like for my wife and I as parents of infants...especially the first time. It's HARD...and to go out to eat somewhere, even with happy, smiling, laughing baby is hard. Trying to have a nice dinner in a restaurant with a screaming child isn't just hard...it's down right harsh.

So...when my waitress came over to top my water off, I told her I wanted to pay for their meal and to add enough for dessert. (I also added enough for a tip, because I frequent the restaurant enough that all the servers that have been there any amount of time know me by sight...they're good people.)

Sometimes new parents just need do know there are others who understand what they're going through.

This is also an excellent teaching moment for young children/people as well. That kid who didn't have the money for a sammich? Pretty much guaranteed this made a huge impact on him and he'll remember that as he grows up.

 

[Johnny]

Thank you for sharing that story, it is nice to start the day with a smile for a change.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Nice people being nice are out there but sometimes you need a magnifying glass to find them. Or do we just notice the A-holes first because that's what we're accustomed to finding??
Maybe it's our outlook and willingness to notice the A-holes first and nice people last??? And before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I'm as guilty of this as the next guy/gal....

 

[RFMan]

Nice people being nice are out there but sometimes you need a magnifying glass to find them. Or do we just notice the A-holes first because that's what we're accustomed to finding??
Maybe it's our outlook and willingness to notice the A-holes first and nice people last??? And before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I'm as guilty of this as the next guy/gal....

We often find the A-holes first because that's the majority of what we see on TV/devices, and thus we are sensitized to it. Or, if it's a story of someone being nice, there is often an undercurrent of "being nice to insert-victim-class-here" rather than "being nice to someone you don't know but had compassion for." They are not-so-subtly telling us that the "victim-class" is the story, rather than "being nice." The more locally focused stations will generally have less of that.

@B00ger I would also like a "good stuff" thread and would read it. Maybe even get to contribute to it

 

[B00ger]

There is a saying "If you go through your day and bump into an a-hole, then that person was probably an a-hole. If you go through your entire day and everyone you meet is an a-hole, then you are probably the a-hole."

I honestly see more good and kind acts throughout the day "in my real life" than ever before. But the media doesn't make money off of togetherness. It makes money off of division, creating "teams" and turning politics into a sport.