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Kindness of Strangers

Kindness of Strangers by Sarah Janes

Bohemia resident Michelle Furmston was stunned by the kindness of strangers on a recent trip to London. She’d bought a special saver ticket from the Hastings Information Centre which enabled her to travel to London for £10.

A ticket inspector on the train bound for Charing Cross,  informed her that this particular ticket only afforded her an ingress to London via Victoria (a fact that was in no way clear from the ticket) and that she would therefore have to pay a fine of £20.

The ticket inspector was especially discourteous and would not listen to any reasonable argument on the subject and in the end Michelle was bullied into paying the fine and in tears.

Once the ticket inspector was satisfied and had gone on his merry way, Michelle was tapped on the shoulder by the man sitting behind her who explained that on behalf of all of those who had witnessed the rudeness of the inspector, he would like to apologise for not sticking up for her and that they had had a whip-round and come up with £20 for her.

Michelle was absolutely overwhelmed with this lovely gesture and started crying again.

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