I Helped An Elderly Gent Yesterday.

[icyfroth]

In the Supermarked. I was doing some fruit and veg shopping and noticed him struggling to open the produce bag. I've struggled with them before so I wondered if I should help him or would he feel I was being patronised.

As I walked past him I jokingly said, "you have to spit on it"! I always wet my thumb and index finger to open the bags.

We laughed and he went pretendy "ptui ptui" on the bag.

I went around and got some tomatoes and deliberated whether I should get the lemons from USA or limes from Aus.

When I looked up he was still patiently struggling with the bag.

I felt bad then about the flippant spit comment and said "can I help you"? He gave me the bag and I showed him how I lick my thumb and finger and the bag opened straight away! (It's not always that easy).

Anyway we had shared another laugh about it and went about our shopping.

I had to get the fruit and veg guy to help me with mine once.

[flashie*]

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@am*3 wrote:

I think icy (or anyone else) can post their good deeds here anytime they want to.

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Just not pictures....

[joz*garage]

second act, part one........

[j*oono]

I've never known anyone else to use three of their IDs in one thread before.  Possibly GJ is the 4th one.  Wouldn't that be funny 

[izabsmiling]

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@georgiajake2010 wrote:
- you don't live my world or know what it's like especially to be a parent of a 3 yr old and 13 yr old. Times have changed since the 1950's

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you are right there Georgiajake, you are you in your here and now with your own life experiences and life...we are online.We don't know what someone's life has and is about.

the same applies to all of us (regardless of  our age) ...we can't be anyone else.We can't know and live their life ...or know what others are going through right now.

Wouldn't it be good if everyone appreciated that  the 'you don't know what it's like'  applies to each of us ?

Erica posted: When you have been posting on the eBay boards as long as most members here have been, you may learn some fairness, politeness and understanding.

I'm sorry Erica. I don't feel that this is the best place for learning that unfortunately .It needs to be more visible 

Joz, i do try to apply the motto 'first do no harm'....I can't do it for other people.That is up to them if they wish to.

[nevynreally]

So you're basically saying georgiajake010 can say what they like, because they just can?  Or because Icy isn't on your good list, it's okay?

And your last line, even though you didn't write it as such, applies to Icy too.

Don't like the post, don't post in it.

[nevynreally]

I hate when people edit.

[izabsmiling]

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@nevynreally wrote:

I hate when people edit.

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I hate it that it gets used for the wrong reasons.

I wrote know rather than now 

you used to hate it when a did a couple of posts in a row to correct my errors too .You told me to think and take more time.

now I can edit my errors (which I do and will make ) .

Good night

[just_me_karen]

No Iza, it said 13 times that it never posts to the person, only to the thread topic lol

I laughed the first time, and each time thereafter 😄

[nevynreally]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@nevynreally wrote:

I hate when people edit.

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I hate it that it gets used for the wrong reasons.

I wrote know rather than now 

you used to hate it when a did a couple of posts in a row to correct my errors too .You told me to think and take more time.

now I can edit my errors (which I do and will make ) .

Good night

Ah, okay, it looked like more had been changed than a typo, sorry.

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[nevynreally]

Grow up.