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#trending: Account by S'pore mum of stranger's kindness spurs other netizens to share similar stories

SINGAPORE — After a heartwarming encounter with a stranger, a woman went on online forum Reddit to thank the Good Samaritan, and called on other people to share their own stories.

#trending: Account by S'pore mum of stranger's kindness spurs other netizens to share similar stories
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  • A woman went on Reddit online forum to thank a kind stranger who helped her push her stroller while she tried to soothe her four-month-old
  • In her post on May 22, she said such acts of kindness are "hard to come by" and asked other online users to share their own similar encounters
  • Her post received more than 850 likes and more than 130 comments
  • Most Reddit users commented on their own experiences and commended the kind stranger
  • Some lamented about wishing someone had lent them a helping hand in their times of need

SINGAPORE — After a heartwarming encounter with a stranger, a woman went on online forum Reddit to thank the Good Samaritan, and called on other people to share their own stories.

The post on a r/askSingapore thread was put up on Wednesday (May 22) and had received more than 850 likes as of Thursday.

The woman said that she was struggling to soothe her four-month-old who was cranky and flailing about while walking towards an MRT station. That was when a stranger offered to help her.

"Coincidentally, she was heading to the same station as I was so she helped me with my pram until I reached my destination," wrote the woman, who goes by the username "Any_String_811".

Thanking the stranger for making her day, the woman noted that such acts of kindness are "hard to come by". 

"So when a stranger goes out of their way to help me it really tugs at my heartstrings," she wrote.

She said that even when she was nine months pregnant, people often did not give up their seat — though she added that she did not expect them to as she would have taken a taxi if she needed a seat.

At the end of her post, the woman asked other Reddit users to share their own stories and "spread some kindness". More than 130 comments were left under the woman's post.

Most users described their encounters with good-hearted people, while others commended such random acts of kindness.

These encounters included strangers going above and beyond, while others were of simple words of comfort — all of which left a lasting impression on these social media users.

One user wrote about a driver for ride-hailing platform Grab who had left her some words of advice and a pack of tissues. She had been crying in her car after she broke up with her boyfriend who had cheated on her.

"At the end of the ride, he offered me a pack of tissues and sympathetically told me that 'tomorrow will be better'," the person added.

"Although he’s a stranger and didn’t know what happened, his gesture really warmed my heart and it helped me more than he knew."

Another user had a chance encounter with a man at Queen Street Bus Terminal. While waiting for a bus headed to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, he realised he did not have enough small change for the ride.

"I was asking around for change when this person just offered to give me the full amount for the ride without being paid back," the Reddit user said.

"He said that it happened to him before and he was paying it forward as someone had helped to pay for his trip in the past."

While comments were mostly positive, some also lamented moments when they wished they had met someone who could have lent a helping hand.

One said: "Nobody offered to help when there was a SimplyGo card top-up error and the bus driver chased me off the bus. I was forced to walk for hours to get home."

Regardless, the flood of stories touched the hearts of many social media users — with some calling for such posts to be more common on Reddit as a pick-me-up.

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