Friendly stranger

Being the fool that I am, I rode to the grocery store only to discover upon arrival that I had forgotten my u-lock. In some neighborhoods this might not have meant much, but in Surrey BC that bike would have been stolen before I fondled my first mango in the produce department.

Luckily for me, a very kind women happened to be walking by while I was in the process of "Shit I forgot my lock". She kindly asked if I would be long and then offered to stand guard over my bike as long as I moved it into the shade. Definitely a simple action, but seeing as how I hate the suburbs more and more each day, her simple gesture of generosity renewed my faith.

Pay it forward the next time you see a silly soul sans u-lock, quarter, pen, pocket or button.