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Random Act of Kindness
Pre-boarding PHL-DTW. Woman in wheelchair boards with first class passengers. Gentleman behind her asks her to please take his seat in 1B, so that she doesn't have to walk to row 5, which obviously would be difficult for her. She declines, and he insists, at which point she greatfully accepts. Upon arrival in DTW, she is waiting for wheelchair, and as he walks by her, he again asks if he can assist her in any way. What a nice man!
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Nice to see some think of others instead of himself. I have taken that flight, and anything PHL is in the mix a delay is possible. Makes me want to be on the lookout on my next flight.
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Well if anyone is on NW 164 this friday (the 315p SEA-MSP flight) and you get on at door 2L and you trip over me and my 6'6" long legs in 16-C on your way up to your 1-B just offer me a trade. Unfortunately that flight looks pretty full Zeroed out except P1. I'm down for random kindness, Hell I'd even buy you dinner. ;-)
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Almost 400 people have read this thread and it has received one positive response. If the subject was no pre departure drink or your jacket wasn't taken from you in a timely manner or the flight attendant had to tell you twice to turn off your electronic device, we would see pages of comments.
Quite telling, don't you think? |
Originally Posted by dtwnwa
(Post 10388907)
Almost 400 people have read this thread and it has received one positive response. If the subject was no pre departure drink or your jacket wasn't taken from you in a timely manner or the flight attendant had to tell you twice to turn off your electronic device, we would see pages of comments.
Quite telling, don't you think? Or, more likely, true "random acts of kindness" are done by many people on an almost daily basis and they don't feel the need to post about their own acts on a message board. But in general you're right, people usually complain when things go wrong, but say much less when things go right (or as they expect them to). I'm afraid that's just the way it is. |
Originally Posted by dtwnwa
(Post 10388907)
Almost 400 people have read this thread and it has received one positive response. If the subject was no pre departure drink or your jacket wasn't taken from you in a timely manner or the flight attendant had to tell you twice to turn off your electronic device, we would see pages of comments.
Quite telling, don't you think? On a serious note, ^ to the kind Mr. 1B. |
Originally Posted by TheMoose
(Post 10389115)
Maybe if the pre-departure drinks were offered with more regularity or the jackets taken sooner, we would be more inclined to do "random acts of kindness".
Or, more likely, true "random acts of kindness" are done by many people on an almost daily basis and they don't feel the need to post about their own acts on a message board. But in general you're right, people usually complain when things go wrong, but say much less when things go right (or as they expect them to). I'm afraid that's just the way it is. My point with the drinks, etc. is we spend much more energy on our own entitlements and too little on those less fortunate around us. I doubt this gentleman considered his previous first class service experience when deciding to make life easier for another human being. |
Good People
Hats off to the guy for giving up his seat. I did the same last Sunday from LAX-MSP, I saw a 7 foot guy board the plane and go back in coach. I felt really bad, to top it off the overhead bins had filled up as well and his bag had to go below as checked luggage. So I traded him my 1A seat for his crap middle seat, since I had felt pretty lucking having been married over the weekend I was going to be charitable. All I got was "I should have been upgraded anyway." Oops...no thank you or anything. $11 dollars later (twizzlers, snack box, and fresh vegetable tray) I was pretty hurt, but thought forsure I'd get a thank you in MSP. No such thing.
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msp727
Thank you. No sarcasm, just a true "Thank You." The world we live in is the world we create. You are helping toe the line of civility and goodness. Never allow the actions of another affect your reaction. There are many who would outwardly appreciate your generosity. You never know what events you have put in place by your kindness. You may have positively impacted this flyer with a life investment. Or he could just be a jackass. That doesn't diminish your act of kindness. Keep the faith. Keep humanity going and hopefully some day, we will cross paths. I will look forward to it. May karma head your way sooner than later. Until then, sleep deep, live strong and be good. |
Well said Spartanflyer!!
And ^^ to the gentleman in the OP's post... |
"If we are to be a really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill."
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) 26th president of the United States |
It tells me that we visit flyertalk to enhance our travel experience, not to qualify as little tin saints. What are we supposed to say about the original post other than, "Ain't that nice?" There is nothing useful to discuss. I'm not going to give up a first class seat that I paid for or earned through my loyalty. If someone else wishes to do so, that's their choice, but I'm not interested in being pressured to give up something I've paid for or earned merely to be thought of as a nice person by someone I'll never see again. If the tall person or the old person or the disabled person had truly desired the first class seat, they could have purchased one. So the kind person in the original post gave up something of value to himself in order to hand it over to someone who didn't think it was worth spending any money or effort on. I just don't see it. If I gave up my first class seat every time I saw a lady in a wheelchair, I would never have a first class seat.
As for the guy, msp727, who gave up his seat to the tall man, *EVERYBODY* is taller than me. I wouldn't dream of giving up my first class or exit row aisle seat because someone else is taller than I am. If that makes me an evil person, then so be it. It sounds like the tall person didn't respect you for your kindness; instead, he thought you were a fool or at least felt uneasy offering appreciation because he wondered what you were after. So, it's a no-win situation. You give up the good seat and don't even get a "thank you."
Originally Posted by dtwnwa
(Post 10388907)
Almost 400 people have read this thread and it has received one positive response. If the subject was no pre departure drink or your jacket wasn't taken from you in a timely manner or the flight attendant had to tell you twice to turn off your electronic device, we would see pages of comments.
Quite telling, don't you think? |
The guy with the 1-B seat is a Class Act!
If he was actually reading this then he would have been more deluged with more posts about him and this gracious, selfless act. |
No good deed..
No good deed goes unnoticed. ;) Do it because it's a good deed and not for any other reason (including getting a "thank you"). A tip of the hat to 1B and MSP 727.
It all goes around .... :D Michael |
Hate to say this...
Although I will most likely move my travels to American post merger, I do thing Delta said it best, "Good Goes Around."
To Peachfront: I have a friend that is homeless due to powers way beyond his control, I don't think any of us should take a first class upgrade for granted or feel we've earned it. You should just feel lucky you were given the talents to work and in the end earn the upgrade. At times the first class meal served on that flight could be the difference between life or death to my friend, and others that face hardship due to talents that they don't naturally have. |
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