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That time a stranger on the bus helped me with my grocery bags
Last Tuesday I was carrying four heavy grocery bags on the 44 bus in Seattle, and one of them tore open right as I was getting on. A older woman in the back stood up and handed me two of her own cloth bags without saying a word. She helped me repack everything while the bus driver waited, and then she just smiled and went back to her seat. I tried to give her the bags back at my stop, but she shook her head and said "keep em, you'll need extras next time." Has anyone else had a complete stranger help out like that on their commute?
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theagibson2d ago
The 44 bus, huh. I take that line sometimes and honestly most people are just zoning out on their phones, so I guess you lucked out. A whole bag tearing open though makes me wonder if you were overloading them or something. I mean, four heavy grocery bags on a bus, maybe you were asking for a disaster.
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pat_fisher241d ago
Wait, @theagibson, you actually think I was asking for it? That's kind of harsh, man! I was just trying to get my groceries home after work, not staging some kind of bag endurance test. I mean, sure, four bags is a lot, but I was carrying them like any normal person would. The bags were from the same store and they've always held up fine before, so it's not like I was cramming them past their limits. Honestly, I'm more shocked the driver didn't stop when the cans went rolling everywhere. That was the real disaster, not my bag choices!
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