Grateful For a Ride From a Stanger When Running Late, urgent effort to get assistance (cell phone bus schedule info) after bus cancelled and Needed ~ Grateful for the Kindness, the Offer and the Ride, was lovely conversation and perhaps potential friend 🌟🌼 via /r/gratitude

Last Friday I was needing to get somewhere by 12:15 P.M. with cut off close time of 12:30.

In my city, you cannot count on the buses. It is becoming rare for them to follow a schedule-often running late or not at all.

One day I waited 1 hour for a bus and when it arrived and I told the driver, he mentioned that of the other bus that travels across town…out of 10 of them- 6 were pulled off the road due to not enough drivers that day. I asked if they know in the morning when they call in, why is it not posted on the web site, but he did not know why they could not manage that level of customer service or valuing those in the community they serve.

I have more of a problem than others as I have never owned a cell phone in my life and there are no longer any paper schedules available on the buses, just need a cell phone app to know where the bus travels, where there is a stop, if it is late, if it is cancelled.

Thats the back story.

So I am at the Tims coffee shop walking through and I see someone in the drive through with a cell – tell them how there is no bus and ask if they can check their cell.

To my surprise, the lady in the car behind her was able to hear me ! Was super shocked at her level of hearing, completely.

She carved her car wheels hard and pulled to her left to pull out of the drive through coffee line, as she called out – "I'll drive you"!

I was so surprised. I got in, then she got a call and said she had to stop at home which put me at risk of being late, but it all worked out, I got there a few moments late and all was well…. but in the meantime, I had met a super nice person, had a lovely enjoyable conversation, got sat to wait in her back yard deck with a cold juice.

Was grateful to have met someone nice, caring, helpful that still extends themselves and treats people as I do.

Was grateful for the trust, the little visit, the exchange of phone numbers, and a potential friend perhaps ( she may be putting her energy and time though to a rocky hurtful partnership as her focus though at present, so not sure if it will happen ).

Was grateful I was able to get to where I needed and to connect with the people there, was enjoyable and always a boost to my well being.

Just really grateful to see kindness, empathy, care in a fellow human.

Grateful that when surrounded by coldness, callousness, lack of care, selfishness, people going out of their way to be cruel/mindless/make others day and life harder and losing faith in humanity…………. that rare gems, people like this still exist. THANK GOD for that.

Now adays any time you encounter anyone kind, genuine, caring, offering a hand up….that is a reason to be COMPLETELY GRATEFUL.

GOT TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT FOR SURE !