I was at good will and he was at the front trying really hard to get them to drop the price of a nice looking, more professional jacket from 10 dollars to 5 dollars. They would only drop it to 8 dollars. He looked crushed. He kept saying he only has 5 dollars on a card and he just doesn't have any more. He just stood at the front looking defeated.

I got up to my register and he wasn't far away, so I asked him if he wanted me to buy it for him. He was pretty shocked and kept asking "really?". I had some store credit built up and I told him it's no problem and the cashier rang it up, and he suddenly was very upbeat. So we scanned it and gave it to him and I just said, no worries, glad to help And we parted ways. Best 10 dollars I've spent this week.

I like to find a way to make a small positive task I can do every day. Always looking for opportunities to be kind.

I hope the man and the cashier rode on that buzz for a while. I know I did. The best feeling.

I let you down

I ran around and desert you

I made you cry

I said goodbye

I told a lie and hurt you

I hope she's OK

So after shopping, a guy walks up to my wife and I. He didn't look homeless, he was clean, older guy, smells a little of alcohol.

He starts with introducing himself, and then apologizing that he finds himself in this situation. He needed 37 to get a cab back home, because he was drinking and doesn't want to drive, especially after he already was charged with a DUI sometime ago.

Now my first thought was, well shouldn't you have thought of this before hand? Well, I also thought about the time when I didn't think things through and ended up with my car going downhill onto a busy street (thank god no accidents occurred and no one got hurt, but I did remember running after the car).

Anyways, so he got himself into this predicament and wants to get home. His wife deals with the money and he had no cash. And kept on saying he'll repay me back twice or even three times the amount.

I tried to push that I really can't, I don't carry cash and we really had to head home. I had my 16month daughter in the car, so offering a ride to a stranger is 100% out of the question.

As I say my final no's, his voice starts cracking a little, as he says "so you're really not going to help me."

Then I tell him, "you know what, i'll give you a twenty." He said that's ok, and he'll repay me 40 or even 80.

Then he offered me his phone number, I took it and called it, but his cell-phone is on "Emergency calls only" and the screen on the flip side was smeared. Then he gave me a second number, and told me to call it tomorrow after 11am and tell him it's the guy who gave him money last night.

So i dial the number, it rings once, and i hang up.

We both go to an ATM inside a brightly lit store, where the ATM is near the registers and people are around us (a 24hour price chopper), withdraw a 20 and hand it over to him.

Then he says he's thankful, and I should call the number tomorrow etc..etc.. I tell him, don't worry about it, just get yourself home.

Few seconds later, as I'm walking to the car and I feel like i've been scammed by a drunkard who wanted drinking money. I mean it was 9pm, so he could've done his first round of drinking and looking for more. But I thought to myself;

If my daughter was older and she saw me, I'd rather have her see me help a needy guy, rather than just say no. If she were to ask why I didn't just say yes at the very beginning and argued, I can teach her about trying not to get scammed, but in the end you just have to do what feels right.

My wife said that she didn't believe that I did it. I told her what I mentioned previously, and added, if he were honest, then I did something nice, if he was not then $20 wasn't such a big loss.

This got me thinking, that this equals two packs of cigarettes, which is about 4 days worth for me. Maybe I'll recoup it by not smoking for 4 days. Then I said to myself; "yeah right! Because me quitting smoking has gone wonderfully in the past!"

TL;DR: Some drunk guy wanted money to get home, promising he'll payback double. I give $20 not expecting to see it back. I don't feel good, don't feel bad about it. But then again, did I really do it for me?

... I figured there was other people who could use it, rather than me stuffing my face.

My Donation (equals ~$155)

This lady is making hats for kids, and anyone else who is in need of a warm hat in cold weather, and can use supplies. So, I got together some extra yarn, and got more, and STUFFED a priority mail box and sent it her way so she can keep on helping. She hadn't asked, but was grateful for the offer.

I have an attachment to red roses, and today i bought a dozen. On my way back to my car i decided i would keep one and leave the rest on random peoples windshields. I hope i brightened up their day. :)

So my friend does not have the money to afford a good computer, so i came along and gave him my old computer which is still kind of state of the art (DualCore, 8GB Ram, you know midrage stuff for Office and Internet) This Smile he got was so big, even way too big for his face.

http://support.smiletrain.org/site/TR/Events/General?pg=fund&fr_id=1040&pxfid=12340

Please share the link and x-post?

Everyday when i walk home i see this poor old woman rummaging through trashcans, And today i felt bad so i walked over to ceasars pizza bought a pizza and gave it to her. And as i was leaving i remembered i had a few bucks in my wallet so i slid 10 dollars into her hand.

I didn't know the person and it was only a virtual happy birthday as I can't afford anything , but it reminded me of the day I met a woman walking on the day i was moving from my home.I was on my last trip, actually transplanting some of the old mint I had planted in the front yard and she said hello and how the smell of mint is awesome, i was talking back as well, found out it was her birthday was that day and ended up giving her a pot of mint. It always feels good to do the little things

I'm overweight and have failed to get to the gym in the morning for 4 weeks now. Finding it so hard to restart after a year and a half of non-activity.

It was a little late for my true cakeday, but I wanted to do something special for my 25th year and had been thinking of Locks for Love for a few weeks. Here is the result :D

http://imgur.com/a/gn2sJ

Today, I went to the doctor to get a physical. On the way out, I got to choose a sticker, but I took two Spongebob stickers, because I'm just that badass.

My mom needed to run some errands so I went along to save the time of her driving me home. We did our shopping, whatever. But as the cashier was ringing up our groceries, she seemed a little off. I don't know what it was about her, maybe it was the fact that she was a forty-year-old woman working as a cashier, but I noticed that she looked a little sad. Then, I remembered that I still had my extra sticker in my pocket.

I read her name-tag, then whispered, "Psst... Julie. Julie. Julie I have something for you." Then I slipped her my sticker like it was a secret. Her face lit up, she smiled, and she brought the sticker up to her heart like she was hugging it. Julie told me that she would "save this treasure for later." Afterward, my mom said that I made her day, or maybe her week.

Julie must really like Spongebob.

I was sitting on my laptop in a far corner eating a sand which when a homeless man came in and asked the manager if he could have any scraps of food that they threw away. The manager told him no and told him to leave or she would call the police.

Well I stood up and said hey heres 8 bucks buy some food man. He thanked me about 10 times and ordered a sand which. By the time he was about to sit down and eat it I was packing up and leaving the store.

I turned to him and told him to enjoy and also gave him an extra 5 bucks for a bus fare.

I always try to help the homeless regardless. If they make an effort I normally give in.

I was wearing my /r/trees mascot shirt and they called it out and said hi (this happens often in the bayarea).. They were sitting next to me at the bar so I got us all Makers and beers!

A good time was had by all!

I was driving down a wooded road and I seen a guy walking with a Wendys uniform on, so I pulled over and asked if he needed a ride, He jumped in and Thanked me so much,he had lost his wallet and could not even get a bus to work, So I took him to work and gave him $2.00 so he would have bus fair to get back home.

I still have a smile on my face,Just knowing this guy will not lose his job and will get home with out having too walk after working all day.

I tied a toy to the string for them and it felt great.

http://i.imgur.com/rMJVZ.jpg

It only took 5 seconds but they were absolutely ecstatic and said "thank you" about a hundred times because they didn't know how to open Word. Sometimes a small deed goes a long way.

http://i55.tinypic.com/wtyx2.jpg

Feels good man...

It will probably be mostly college kids since I am in school, but I might go to the skate park or something. I will post pics on my Reddit account and my Tumblr.

Reddit: Reddit.com/user/Boxturtle32

Tumblr: boxturtle32.tumblr.com

That is all.

I hope he posts pics whenever he gets it

I came out of the hospital and noticed the car across from mine had a very bad front passenger tire. The steel was showing. This is so dangerous!

So I scrounged in my car for a pen and a piece of paper and left a not on their windshield that read "I noticed the steel on your tire showing! I wasn't sure if you knew or not! Please be safe!"

I know it's not much but I feel better knowing that they'll know!

work is doing massive cutbacks, i could be the next. this lady is lovely, hugely overweight and not very popular because she is a part timer and a bit shy.

she loses her job this week so myself and another colleague took her out to lunch to wish her the best. she was so happy that anyone even thought of her...our only real cost, is to do a bit of overtime to make up the timesheets

http://imgur.com/metAq - her enjoying it http://imgur.com/RPlJ3 - finished product! 10+ hours of work http://imgur.com/OnPot - me celebrating completion

yeah... that phone is plugged into the speakers IN THE CHAIR. the subwoofer makes the whole thing vibrate XD

Every year my school hosts a male beauty pageant (It's a joke, not a serious beauty pageant), and this year I decided that I'd enter and represent Susan G. Komen. I ended up getting second place in the entire competition, and raised over $500.

It's funny, I entered as a joke, and it ended up being one of the biggest things I've done.

EDIT: Here's a picture of the final two right before they announced the winner. I'm in the pink

It was nippy and thought he may like it. So I got him a cup of coffee.

There are few people who bedazzle me with their brilliance but one is a very special friend (whose artwork resides at cazhaigh.co.uk if you care to view it).

Her house was robbed and it really shook her up. She had been a good little computer user and made backups to an external drive of all her hard work through uni and for her clients thereafter... but the fuckers took that as well.

Anyway I have been in a different country for the past year+ so haven't seen her and when I heard the news I just thought PIES!

PieMinister is a london-based specialist who make the best pies in the world in my opinion.

Caz deserved such pies so I bought her a dozen.

ps. I am new to this subreddit but I applaud you all for your altruism. I really love you sometimes Reddit.

This lady comes in speaking half Spanish and half German and starts to sing Christmas songs in Spanish. Her smile was so genuine, I felt like Rainbows were about to explode out of me in every direction.

I smiled to her and clapped after she was done, and when she went around collecting money, I gave her 20 Euro and watched her smile go as wide as smiles can go!