Five Bucks

Have you encountered any interesting subway story lately? I found this one interesting, and would like to share. About a month ago, I was as usual taking the TTC Subway in Downtown Toronto after work on a cold winter day. The train was packed with people rushing back home, and there’s a gentleman looked so serious in reading his newspaper while sitting near the exit. There was a middle-aged lady (close to 50) ready to get off and walked pass the gentleman, and she handed him a 5 dollars note, and said “go buy a cup of coffee, you looked so sad”. The gentleman was a bit shocked, then smiled with  embarrassment. He said “I’m fine, thank you”, and returned the money back to that nice lady. The gentleman just happened to have a sad face while not smiling, but I found that lady’s warm gesture is quite touching. Nowadays, we seldom have time to care about people around us, not to say the one we don’t know. That nice lady does not look like she is rich, and has lots of money to give away. Five dollars not a lot of money, but it means a lot when you show your care and thoughtfulness. After being the witness of this event, I feel especially warm during this windy weather.