Reminds me of the time someone's little girl waved at me, so I smiled and waved back, and the mother looked at me like I was about to run up and snatch her daughter off the street. She then started hiding the little girl behind her legs. Still bugs me more than ten years later.
Although, to be fair, I was a pretty sketchy looking dude.
One time, I was at a McDonalds, and there was a really cute baby at the next booth. Older than infant but smaller than toddler? I don't know baby ages. Anyway, he was being a ham and I was chuckling at his antics. Eventually his mom gets frustrated at his messing around while she's trying to food him, and says "Stop! It's not funny! No one thinks it's funny!"
One time I was traveling home from college and I got off the Greyhound at this diner where my friend was gonna pick me up. He was gonna be a few hours so I sat down and got some food. At a table across from me was this really cute kid and so we started making funny faces at each other back and forth and the kid was loving it. The family left and he said goodbye and then when I finally asked for my bill I was told that the parents had bought my meal for me.
It was one of the most touching gestures I've received from a stranger.
Edit: fixed my capitalization, for those that don't know, Greyhound is a bus company
spidersinmybeard on December 4th, 2017 at 20:48 UTC »
Reminds me of the time someone's little girl waved at me, so I smiled and waved back, and the mother looked at me like I was about to run up and snatch her daughter off the street. She then started hiding the little girl behind her legs. Still bugs me more than ten years later.
Although, to be fair, I was a pretty sketchy looking dude.
biscuitpotter on December 4th, 2017 at 20:54 UTC »
One time, I was at a McDonalds, and there was a really cute baby at the next booth. Older than infant but smaller than toddler? I don't know baby ages. Anyway, he was being a ham and I was chuckling at his antics. Eventually his mom gets frustrated at his messing around while she's trying to food him, and says "Stop! It's not funny! No one thinks it's funny!"
Baby points at me.
I finished my food pretty quickly after that.
ReservoirGods on December 4th, 2017 at 21:31 UTC »
One time I was traveling home from college and I got off the Greyhound at this diner where my friend was gonna pick me up. He was gonna be a few hours so I sat down and got some food. At a table across from me was this really cute kid and so we started making funny faces at each other back and forth and the kid was loving it. The family left and he said goodbye and then when I finally asked for my bill I was told that the parents had bought my meal for me.
It was one of the most touching gestures I've received from a stranger.
Edit: fixed my capitalization, for those that don't know, Greyhound is a bus company