Helped an Old Lady Buy Groceries – Good Deeds Story # 5

Every day there are so many people around the world that stop to help someone in need. That help can be a word of encouragment or something as tangible as buying groceries for the elderly. I’d like to thank this reader for sharing his story and for showing kindness through his actions.

I was working from home one week. It was a Thursday, and I had just gotten back from lunch and going up the elevator to go back to my apartment and back to work. There was an old lady already in the elevator. As I entered the elevator and pressed my floor, she asked if I lived in the condo, I answered “Yes”.

She then asked if I could go to local grocery store that I also frequent and get her an orange juice. I told her I had to go back to work and maybe I can do that later for her and told her that I’d be off by 4 PM. She said OK and told me that she’d meet me in the lobby at 4 PM.

I was done a bit early that day and so I proceeded down to the lobby and she was already there. She gave me a list of all that she wanted to get and also some money. I went to the store and bought almost all of the items that she had listed – a couple of items I couldn’t find.

I walked back toward the apartment – about 8 blocks away. She met me in the lobby again. Not sure if she’d been there all these time or she had just came back down. I offered to bring the groceries up to her place and she accepted.

After bringing the groceries to her apartment and putting it on the counter, I excused myself so I can go back. She offered to give me some money. I told her if I accepted, she could’ve just hired someone to buy her groceries or even get it delivered. I just told her that I did it because I had spare time to help her.

She smiled and I left. This was just last week, and I haven’t seen her again since. It is a big apartment complex.

Sent in by Louis

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