I've come across several nice people recently. The first was a grocery store clerk in Friday Harbor Washington. Her quick witted comments had us laughing before we finished paying for the groceries and we were still chuckling as we walked back to the Marina.
A few days later I met a friendly helpful woman who was organizing a fund raiser for Hospice in Nanaimo B.C. She had arranged for the Victoria Police Chorus to do a benefit concert and had worked very hard to make it a success. From talking to her I realized that she has been a caring person all her life. I enjoyed meeting her.
My next nice person I met just this morning. She was the Lab Tech who was taking my blood. She made it as painless as possible while we were having laughing discussions about life and travel.
To recover from the blood work I went across the street for a coffee at McDonalds. There I met a pleasant gentleman who let me go ahead of him in line, as he was waiting for his daughter to join him. Apparently he meets with his daughter for coffee as often as he can during the week and on weekends he tries to spend time with his grandchildren. It was great to meet a man who keeps family connections strong.
This last person I've not actually met but I have heard about him. He is a winner of one of the Arthur Awards given by Stuart McLean from the Vinyl Cafe. Apparently this man, Stephen Lakomski, was at work one day at a Canadian Tire store in Ontario and met some anxious people who came into the shop with a broken vehicle. They were on a tight time schedule as they had to be at an airport in the U.S. to catch a flight for a long awaited holiday. When it was apparent the vehicle could not be fixed right away, Stephen went home, got his passport and drove them to the airport across the border. When they came home from their holiday a week later he was there to pick them up and drove them the several hours back to London, Ontario. Not only had he fixed their vehicle but he had contacted the manufacturer because he felt the problem was a flaw during production. The manufacturer agreed and covered the cost of the repairs. When I heard about this man I knew I just had to send him Nicer Place card
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