Anyone up for a nice story?

[MissMillie]

I need to share this because of the story about FL woman throwing a Whopper at a Burger King employee.

Yesterday, we did our grocery shop, which included a trip to Aldi. There, you need to give them a quarter to get a carriage, and when you return the carriage you get your quarter back.

We (my guy and I) arrived at the carriage station at the same time as a lovely white-haired woman. We paused to let her go first, but she indicated that we should go because she needed to dig out her quarter.

We went in, Al put his quarter in and retrieved a carriage, and walked it over to her. "This is for you," he said, and then he turned back to the carriages to get us one.

You should have seen the look on her face. It was like we made her day.

And that made my day.

Al told me later that it made his day to see her smile like she did.


25 cents and an act of kindness... and 3 people had a "feel good" day. It goes to show you... it doesn't take much.

And if you can't be kind, at the very least, don't be mean.

[wendyb-NC]

1. Very cool anecdote

You made me smile a I read. Thank you,MissMillie, have a wonderful day.

[SheilaAnn]

2. And you have made my day, thank you MissMillie. n/t

[Maeve]

3. It takes so little to make things better

Thank you for the reminder

[archiemo]

4. I am always up for a nice story! Thanks for sharing. n/t

[Raven]

5. Hold on to that guy! He's a keeper.

[True Blue American]

6. I am going to Aldi's today

For quite some time now I have handed my basket off to a person walking up. They start to hand me a quarter, I say,” Pass it along!” Smiles, God bless you and thanks are the answers I get.

Just a small gesture can change a persons whole day.

Thanks for passing that along.

[DemUnleashed]

7. What...

What a sweet story!

[Luciferous]

8. Last week when I was doing my shopping there was an elderly woman in the aisle

looking around like she needed help so I asked her if I could help her. Turns out she needed something from the top shelf that she couldn't reach. I'm pretty short but managed to get it for her and she was so grateful. You're right, sometimes little things can make the rest of your day pretty good.

[MissMillie]

9. I'm short, and often have to ask for assistance when it comes to items on the top shelf.

It's nice to get the help.

[Luciferous]

12. Me too, so it was nice to be the one helping someone else for a change. My kids thought

it was funny that I got to be the tall one 🙂

[smirkymonkey]

10. What a nice story!

Especially in the midst of all this awfulness and hatred we keep hearing about coming from the MAGAts. We need much more of this!

[samnsara]

11. i first shopped aldis during a visit to tenn and i just gave my cart away to the first

..shopper i saw...

[RegularJam]

13. So often it just takes a simply act.

Not a herculean effort.

Great story. It can so often be the simple things.

[Roy Rolling]

14. My Business Slogan

“It doesn’t cost anything to be nice, but it’s very expensive to be an a**hole”.

It’s worked for me.

[CaptainTruth]

15. Very nice! And I like the term "carriage," where does it come from?

I've lived coast to coast in the US & travelled a lot of the world & I don't recall hearing that term used for a shopping cart.

[niyad]

17. One friend, a transplanted New Yorker, calls them "wagons".

[lagomorph777]

16. Very nice!

That nonsense with the quarters is why I don't shop there. Too many other options nearby.

I'm curious - what part of the country calls them "carriages?" I have always called them "carts," and I've also heard "basket," but never "carriage."

[niyad]

18. Thank you for this lovely moment, MissMillie. Even the simplest acts of kindness and

thoughtfulness can mean the world to someone. Have a truly wonderful day.

[mgardener]

19. We have an Aldi's near us

It is a common occurrence here for people to give you a cart, decline a quarter for it and say " pass it on ".
It always makes me smile.

[Ms. Toad]

20. Same here. It seems to be an ALDI's thing. N/t.

[MLAA]

21. You gotta a good one there! Great story to start my day.

[malaise]

22. Very nice

[Irish_Dem]

23. I wonder if the ultra rich could even fathom the point of your story?

They would probably be totally perplexed why a quarter could make someone happy.

They miss the whole richness and goodness of life, the joy in every day events.

[beaglelover]

24. Just curious, why do they charge for a grocery cart? I've only encountered that in Aruba.

Never in the USA. Do they do it to prevent people from stealing the carts?

[MissMillie]

26. It's not really a charge

You get your money back when you bring the cart back.

It's a what the store does to avoid having to hire people to collect carts in the parking lot.

[beaglelover]

29. Ah that makes sense. Thanks.

[Demovictory9]

25. nice! i've don't carry much change. haven't been able to get basket at Aldi because of lack of

quarter

[bdamomma]

27. being nice

has been missing for a while, glad it's back. One little selfless deed made someone smile.

[msfiddlestix]

28. Good story Miss Millie

These are the thoughts that matter.