My Faith in mankind has been restored

[16CVs]

I own a Auto glass replacement business. Tough Biz with lots of competition, Sealing the deal on the phone and listening to customers needs is job one.
Since I am self employed I always answer my phone. A guy texts me on a Sunday for the replacement of the rear glass in his Prius. Wants me to beat Safelite's price which is a no brainer.
I make an appointment and meet him at my remote location. Nice enough guy but right of the pat tells me he can't pay for the job until Friday and this is Monday. Tells me he is a dog walker and they fund on Thursday, he then goes on to show me the his incoming payments as well as his rating.
Says he can not work without his car being secure and assures me he will pay on Friday. At this I think in 12 years I've only been had once and that was by a local cop.
I did the job and handed him the invoice and he drove away. HE had my banking info and said he would do a direct deposit into my account Friday morning or earlier.
While out Friday morning I get a text with a picture of the bank deposit slip into my account.
I am not above a little charity once in a while and figured if this guy could concoct that elaborate of a story and is that hard up, then so be it. Thanksgiving is around the corner and we all need to be thankful for something.
So go out there and take a chance on mankind, you might just be surprised.

Stacy
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[74 Thing]

Good job Stacy!

Someone kept their word and you were kind enough to do the job and give him a little time to pay.

I want to hear the deadbeat cop story.

[djkeev]

On the other side, I ordered some firewood from a local guy I've never used, he took over an existing firewood lot.

I wasn't going to be around when it was to be delivered so I left a baggie full of cash in a location near my garage.
I told him where it was for when he delivered the wood.
The Cash is gone and a small mountain of really nice split Ash and Oak replaced it.

He could just as easily taken my money, not left the wood and claimed the money wasn't there when he came to deliver.

Kudos to the small business man!

Today I was picking at the pile and stacking it to further dry before it is needed. (I've become a big fan of the circular pile covered by a tarp)
I get a few feet into the dump pile and see something thin and black..... "Crap!" Thinks I ...."I hate snakes!" I prodded at it with a stick......
Turns out to be a really nice small pry bar.
He probably used it to unclog a log jam on the conveyor as he was loading the truck.
I called him and he was over joyed to have it located. He had made a dozen deliveries that day since the jam was cleared and figured it was in someones pile somewhere .... but who's?

There are lots of good people out there still.

Dave
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[Cusser]

I sent a vintage baseball glove to a restorer in Missouri, he shipped it back to me before I ever mailed the check, very "old school".

And in 1988 I took my 1984 Jeep Cherokee to an Emissions Shop who made carburetor adjustments to make vehicles pass, for $25. He said go pass the test, then come back and I'll re-adjust for drivability. Well, I watched him, he pulled off a vacuum line to lean it out, then turned a screw to make the idle workable. But I went back after I passed and paid him the $25, even though I could've set back myself.

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[Zundfolge1432]

I used to be a quality control inspector for a major airline. I was aboard a plane having work done and noticed a pile of trash where seats were removed. Maybe I’m a scavenger and a hoarder, I’ll cop to that. I noticed a hardcover book in the pile and fished it out.

It was a child’s middle school yearbook so I started reading the messages written inside written by other kids and was able to figure out the little girls name. I googled the school name and got the principal on the line. Explained the situation and sent the book to him. A week or two later I received a letter from the little girls grandma telling me how happy they all were getting that book back. Little things mean a lot it doesn’t have to be something major to bring joy to somebody.

Just last Saturday wife and I went to Petsmart To grab a few items and they were having cat adoptions from a local rescue nonprofit. We adopted an animal from this same outfit about 16 months ago. Wife struck up a conversation with the crazy cat ladies and they remembered the particular cat so my wife got on their Facebook group and contacted the lady that raised that little cat. The story was this litter of cats was abandoned while only days old so she had to hand raise and bottle feed them, this is time consuming messy and a pain.

Some of you know hand raised animals be they domesticated or wild bond to humans more deeply considering the human to be their mother. The woman was moved to tears because she finally knew that cat had received a decent home. Tomorrow the crazy cat ladies are coming over to see the little runt that now weighs 14 pounds and eats like a horse. Again small things can make someone happy. While they are commiserating maybe I’ll drink a beer.

[my59]

These are the things that get people to keep the faith in humanity.

Years ago I lived in a mostly African American area in Brooklyn, and my then girlfriend, now wife was mugged in the subway, and the thief made off with her bag. No real surprise, as the students at the local college were all seen as easy marks.

A few days later we got a package in the mail, containing her bag, and all the contents including ID, wallet, makeup, etc. The only thing missing was cash. There was a note attached from the woman who found the bag in her yard, apologizing about the element in the neighborhood who stole things, wanting to make it clear that not all African Americans were like that.
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good on you for rolling the dice. sadly my faith in humanity is poor. today was a classic example.

customers kid has a hondog and asks me to look at it. long story short, has 2 bad coil packs

replace coils, plugs, road test. mint. hand him the bill, pays. hour later "it's doing the same thing"

it's 10 to 5 on Friday when he calls back. I need a stiff drink as it is. comes back on the hook at 7:30. runs mint...wtf...

looking at data, my ECT is doing weird shit. open radiator cap. no coolant. squeeze hoses...feel no coolant.

find a stick thru the radiator. call him up...mind you, it's 8 fuckin-o-clock on a Friday. told him 99% sure it's cooked, will know more Monday (because fuck you if you think i'm going to make this my problem now and work on a Saturday...which I haven't done in almost 20 yrs)

his reply: the stick wasn't there when I left.

yup, you're right
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[Zundfolge1432]

^^^^ And then there are those that dwell only on what is negative. ^^^^^

[ALLWAGONS]

You are Easy, It's super cool this guy paid, and I honestly wish we were all like that, but the more time passes and I deal with people, the more I am dissapointed with mankind. Call me a pesimist, heck even call me a grinch, but people are aholes. Don't believe me? wait for the responses to my post!
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[oprn]

Some close friends of ours lost thier 11 year old son to a freak at home accident. They have a large number of friends and family so the only facility big enough in town to accommodate the expected 1200 people for the service was the hockey arena. There was hockey games scheduled right up to 10:00 PM the night before so the arrangement was made to get the rink covered with plywood ready for the chairs etc. after the last game - work through the night if need be.

The game scheduled was the old timer's league (40 years old and up) in a game with a neighboring community. When the players found out what was up they forfeited the game, chipped in and helped and the place was ready by midnight!

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[74 Thing]

I think faith in mankind cannot be restored by someone doing something they said they would do. That should be called keeping your word, integrity, and responsibility.

Faith in mankind or humanity is probably better shown in instances where people give to others out of generosity, or share what they have with other, or provide some assistance to someone who needs help etc, asking for nothing in return.

[oprn]

[Zundfolge1432]

You know what an asshole I am but here’s one more. I’m over at Fed Ex/Kinkos using a copy machine and when I lift the cover see a driver’s license.
Not just any license but a CDL with specialized endorsements. So I’m looking at it and just google the name. Real distinctive name too, something like Igor Jackemoff he’s on Facebook and LinkedIn but I also see his address which is a apartment building about 3 blocks away. I went on over and talked to property management, yep they know Igor and he’s a swell fellow. She calls him and he doesn’t even know it’s gone, needless to say he’s real happy. Then he wants to pay me I said hell no just pay it forward. Help a brother out when the time is right. Took about 20 minutes of my time to help Igor. Lots of time hassle and money to replace lost CDL.

[bigdog1962]

Sometimes, when I go through a drive though and I get up to the window to pay, I'll ask what's the cost of the person behind me. If it's reasonable, I'll go ahead and pay it.

I've been on the receiving end of that before and it's a nice surprise when you get to the window.
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