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From : The Topeka Capital-Journal
http://cjonline.com/news/2014-04-06/acts-kindness-grateful-diner-thanks-unknown-gentleman
Acts of Kindness: Grateful diner thanks unknown gentleman
The Topeka Capital-Journal publishes letters from people who want to share about a random act of kindness. To include your letter, email news@cjonline.com with “kindness” in the subject line, or send by mail to Attention: Acts of Kindness, 616 S.E. Jefferson, Topeka, KS 66607.
I would like to thank the gentleman who paid for my friend’s and my breakfast at Denny’s on S.W. Topeka Boulevard on Jan. 19, 2014. It was greatly appreciated. That’s the first time that’s ever happened to me. Thank you.
VELMA WERTH, Topeka
Special dinner date
My wife and I celebrated our 33rd anniversary this Valentine’s Day and decided to wait until the next day to have our “dinner date.”
Well, looks like everyone else had the same idea, as all the restaurants were packed. We decided to eat at Longhorn and were told it would be an hour wait.
So, we did our wait and visited with others at the restaurant during that time. When we were finally seated and had our dinner, how wonderful it was. The waitress was so kind and so attentive to us and the steak dinner couldn’t have been better.
Several of the help stopped by and asked us if we needed anything else and really were very kind. We noticed how efficient all the help was there, moving around so fast to make sure everyone was served and taken care of.
We just wanted to say thank you for making our 33-year dinner date very special and very nice. We appreciate what you did for us.
ART AND SANDRA BRENNAN, Topeka
Grocery store angels
On Friday, Feb. 21, my husband and I were grocery shopping at Hy-Vee. As we approached the checkout line, two gentlemen came up to us and said, “We are going to pay for your groceries today.”
Initially, I thought this was some kind of joke. The man nearest to me said, “No, you’re not on Candid Camera. We really are going to pay for your groceries.” He explained that they represented the Shawnee County Farm Bureau Association and that this was something they did once a year, in celebration of Food Check-Out Week.
Saying “thanks” seemed totally inadequate, but I was a little speechless at the time. So, I want to say “thank you” again. What a wonderful act of kindness.
RICHARD AND JANE JOHNSON, Topeka
Good neighbors
A big thank you to the V.A. Transitional House on Clay. We are unable to scoop or clear our snow.
Tom came and cleared all of our sidewalks and driveway — even around our car. Then two days later another snow and he came and did it all again.
Thank you, Tom. We also want to thank Pat, Tom and Roger, who raked our leaves in the fall. What good neighbors.
CHESTER AND COLLEEN CURTTRIGHT, Topeka
Rockin’ newspaper carrier
I would like to publicly thank my newspaper carrier, Frank E Smith III, for his thoughtfulness when delivering my Sunday morning paper on March 2.
By 5:30 a.m. an inch of snow had accumulated on the ground with more predicted throughout the day. I look forward to getting the Sunday paper because I enjoy reading it, working the large crossword puzzle and perusing the ads.
I usually get the paper around 7 a.m. so I was surprised when I saw car lights out front and heard a thud hit my stoop quite early. I opened the door and there lay my newspaper wrapped in a pink plastic sleeve to protect it from the elements. I thought, “Either Frank has a great pitching arm or he walked it up to the stoop.”
I was curious, so I opened the garage door in front and saw no tire tracks in the driveway but did see fresh footprints there and part way up the sidewalk indicating to me he’d made an extra effort to deliver it right to my door.
I am especially grateful for his kind thoughtfulness as I am not sure he is even aware that how difficult it is for me to get the paper in the snow. So to Frank, I say: Thanks so much! You rock!
MARY BLAIR, Topeka
Snow elves
I was pulled from a snowdrift by a Shawnee County snow plow on the way to church and didn’t get a chance to thank the driver. This letter is my best chance to express my thanks.
My wife and I live way out on the Shawnee and Douglas county line. We found the routes to and through town cleared as fast as we could have asked. Not every county we have lived in has been so diligent.
These drivers are out on the coldest and darkest days of the year, while the rest of us are under blankets or by a fire. God bless them for the work they do. I hope you know what it means to the rest of us.
JOSHUA LONGBOTTOM, Berryton
Considerate stranger
We were in Topeka on March 13 for an early doctor’s appointment and ate breakfast at IHOP. Some considerate person paid for our breakfast. May God bless you for your kindness.
LINDELL AND MARIAN NOLTING, Nortonville
Civil servant goes above and beyond
I did not get the Topeka police officer’s name, but I did appreciate him going above his duty on March 25 to stop by my house on N.W. Taylor to inform me that the lights on my truck had been left on.
I was unaware I had left them on since Sunday. I wanted to thank him again for letting me know they were on. Thank you.
JAMES LYNCH, Topeka
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