“Outside Starbucks, a worker was taking the full bag out of the bin to replace it. The bag ripped open at the bottom and everything came out. A group of teenage school girls ran over to help pick everything up.” Big thanks to Emma Cossey for sending us this wonderful story of kindness – a […]
“I contacted the incredible graphic designer, Claire of 20 Pence Productions, who did my branding to ask if she could do an Alicorn for a new offer and she said she was happy to do it for free. I thought it was super kind of her.” We love hearing about kindness in business and this
“I work on a street food truck and we do one size of pizza, which didn’t work for the mum who wanted a smaller pizza for her son. She decided not to get one but a man who had just received his pizza offered her some slices of his for free. She was so grateful
In Brussels my husband’s coat was knocked off the back of his chair in a busy restaurant – somebody at a nearby table told him it had happened so that he could pick it up before it got trodden on or tripped up one of the waiting staff. Discover the kindness happening every day with
“We have refugees staying across the road and I noticed some of the teenager boys had got all dressed up and were helping each other pose and taking photos of each other. It was so lovely to watch them showing each other kindness – and more so knowing that they are safe enough to do
“We had a house survey and I was told it was between 1pm and 3pm, and that both dogs and I needed to be out – only there was a miscommunication and he arrived at just after 9am. He was really kind and said not to panic, explained what he needed to do and said
“My colleague gave me a lift back to the office after a visit so I avoided additional sweat!” What a kind colleague – we’re sure this kind of thing happens all the time so we’d love to hear your stories of kindness in the workplace! Check out these other stories of kindness to remind you
“At No5, we have two apple trees in our office garden that are full of apples and are beginning to drop. As we don’t have much use for these, we were wondering if any organisations here (or that you know of) could make use of them and would like to collect them (perhaps weekly)? We
This supermarket kindness is just one example of the kindness Emma experienced at the Paris Olympics. What have you experienced? “At the supermarket, an elderly man moved his shopping behind mine at checkout so I could go first. No idea why, we both had about the same amount of stuff. Just being nice, I guess!”
“My in-laws had been to stay with us and on their return to the UK, their flight landed ahead of time and they collected their bags quicker than expected. This meant that they would need to wait several hours for the airport coach they had booked to take them back to their home town. When
