Perhaps another week.
Yesterday, I walked out through the snow and ice to start my car, wondering to myself why I hadn't done this ten minutes earlier so my car would be nice and warm. I saw the guy parked next to me scraping his windshield.
After I climbed in and started my car, I leaned over to see if I had an ice scraper anywhere in my vehicle. After all, it's only December. Why would I need one of those already??
As I'm fumbling around digging in the car door and side cubby, I hear a loud grating noise on my windshield.
I look up.
There is the guy who was parked next to me, scraping my windshield! I was dumbstruck. I really didn't know how to respond. In fact, I think probably my mouth was gaping as I tried to comprehend what he was doing.
Chivalry is not dead!
After he finished scraping the driver's side, I thought, that was really nice and was about to put the car in reverse. Then I see he's scraping the passenger side.
And then the back window.
And then the side windows!
This guy is unbelievable!
He scraped all the windows on my car. And all I could muster was a big goofy grin and a thumbs up.
I have no idea who this person was. Probably a student here. But he has shaken my deeply held prejudice against 18-year-old males. (Sorry guys, but so many of you are just slackers!)
Anyway, I highly doubt he will ever read this cyber shout out. I realize I have a loyal readership, but I doubt either of you know who this guy is either.
I'm hoping that by sending this thank you out into the universe, maybe someone else will be inspired to do something so thoughtful and unexpected today too.
I know I plan to!
First off I do not miss those mornings where your car is freezing cold and you still have to spend a good 5 minutes scraping your windows just so you can see. Second, that is great to see good deeds still done. I bet he doesn’t know how much he made your day because I can remember one time before school my dad had started my car and scraped all my windows. The rest of my day was great because it started off great. I am sure he knew that you were very grateful and was glad he could help. It is like those commercials you see on TV where they show one person doing a good deed and an onlooker sees that and goes and does a good dead and it becomes like a chain reaction. A nice gesture goes a long way.
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