Who? I probs know her -unless it was on yer hols

What makes you think it was a her

i was out on the golf course on sunday and my son found an i phone on one of the greens. he jumped into his buggy and drove ahead until he found the owner.
the two other guys that were playing against us both said they would have given him money for it after he returned.
kindness comes in all forms
my son said it was a lad about 18 who had lost it and wondered if he would have done the same if he found my sons phone?

There is definately a lot to be said for random acts of kindness. It's truly food for the soul. I'm not much into giving money to street beggars - I've seen what it get's spent on. I prefer to give it to organisations like the Salvation Army, etc. Possibly because it's so much more more rewarding to see the look of delight on the faces of those typically older SA volunteers standing outside Tescos as I pop a £20 note into their collection box . But I can't say I like much the collections that go on at work where we are made to feel abliged to donate.

Of course random acts of kindness stretch far beyond simply the giving of money. It includes helping that old daisy to cross the road/carry her groceries home or sticking up for the downtrodden and abused. Or inviting that lonely acquaintence to join you and your family for Christmas. Or chasing away tormenters and bullies.

I have always found Southern Africans to frequently display random acts of kindness. And Scottish people too. I don't see a great deal of it here in the South of England. But it'll be interesting to see what it's like in Australia.

Yes, that was indeed very kind of them to take pity on you like that

Good deeds for the day......

A couple of weeks ago we passed a house down the road from us and water was coming down under the front gate and down the street. A couple of hours later when we walked back it was still going, so we assumed no one was home so what to do? Bearing in mind water here etc.

The house is up for sale and has been for nearly a year (well at $1.8m for a semi.....) so I said lets call the agent. So OH phones the agent who gets very excited that we mentioned said house ... we felt a bit bad having to say we weren't interested in it (well we are but about $1.7.5m short!) but told him about the water and could he inform the owner.

We felt pleased with ourselves for doing a good deed and saving the owners water bill!

So it's not all just about cash and quite often find our selves doing good deeds out here more than in the UK.....quite a few involve old ladies so hopefully we'll get some karma back when we are wrinkly and dodery!

That's not so much a random act of kindness as proof that you have done a good job and raised your son to be an honest man.

I fully agree. You've made the man!

Yes, but he could of just handed it in instead of finding the chaps.....that was a kind thing to do!

I had thought of that y'know

I've done the RAOK thing since about 1989. I gave a homeless guy in Edinburgh a tenner.
About 3 years later a well dressed guy comes up to me in a pub and said he remembered me as the guy who gave him a lift when he was at his lowest point. He had a job and a girlfriend now.
It was at that point I decided to keep doing it, if and when I could

Where would we be without people like you?

PS: I liked this:

There's a big difference between a random act of kindness and giving to someone who comes up and asks for money. (And can take home, tax free, more than someone who does an eight hour day.)

Might strike you as uncaring, but I've seen it all.

You may be duped but it is still an act of kindness. You get conned a lot in life but sometimes you can feel good about it

But that's the thing, and I see Wol's point. If someone completely normal (ie clean shaven, suit, obviously off to work sorta thing) came up and asked you for money, or was begging in the street, would you be so inclined to drop them a tenner? Or would you look at them like they had 3 heads?