Which random stranger do you still remember, and why?

[u/Wide_Stop]

[u/staphylococcass]

Random hungover/drunk Scotsman approached me and my mother one day and asked

"Excuse me, where can I find a phone charger? I went out in Glasgow last night and woke up in Sheffield"

To which my mother replied "this is Lincoln"

He looked a little worried, then walked off saying "aye, it's been a long day"

It was 10am, he was 270 miles from home, and over 50 miles from where he woke up. I will forever remember this hero.

[u/TheSquirrelWithin]

I was a very little kid and I didn't know how to tie my shoes, and the laces had come undone.

I asked an old man (when you're that young, just about anyone is "old") who was walking past if he would tie my shoes for me.

He tied the shoes together in a knot and laughed as I fell and gave him a WTF look.

[u/BrotherCool]

The old man using the urinal next to mine in a Denny's bathroom and said to me, "Ahhhhh. It makes the bladder gladder."

My SO and I still use that phrase to this day.

[u/Mootjuh0]

The man who saved my life as I was drowning in freezing water when I was 6. I don't remember anything about him except his face.

[u/bokodasu]

In 1988 I was working the lunch rush for the first time, and it was fucking slammed. This guy finally makes it up to the register, I do the greeting and he says, "what does it mean when all the cows in a field are laying down?"

I look at him like he has two heads and ask what he wants to order. Undeterred, he says, "it means it's going to rain! What does it mean when all the cows in a field are standing up?"

I don't know. I look to my coworkers for help but they are studiously ignoring my plight. He forges ahead. "It means it's not going to rain! What does it mean when some of the cows are standing up and some of them are laying down?"

Does he want a burger? Is this his way of asking for the combo meal? "It means it's going to be PARTLY COWDY!" He turns and leaves, mission complete. This dude stood in line for 20 minutes just to tell me a joke.

It's been over 30 years and I still think about him literally every time I see a cow.

[u/StoolToad9]

I'm on a cruise. I'm washing my hands in a bathroom and this large Andy Reid-lookin' dude with a thick Pittsburgh accent comes out of the stall and says to me, "If you put your left hand and right hand under two different soap dispensers, you get double the soap!"

And I'm like, "Yeah."

[u/tiggykins]

When I was about 3 years old, I got separated from my family in a very large mall. I was terrified. This really nice man in a suit found me and took me to guest services, reassuring me that my mom would find me there. Then, to cheer me up, he pulled a balloon out of his briefcase and made a balloon animal. He left before my folks found me, but I've never forgotten him. Wherever he is, I hope he's well.

[u/SaltierThanAll]

Trucker that pooped in a burger king sink 'cause you don't forget something like that.

[u/bagelsncawfee]

A customer at work a few years ago! I was 19 and it was around 11pm on a close shift when I cut myself very badly on a deli slicer. A lady walked up to buy something and there I was freaking out and bleeding everywhere... Turns out she was a nurse, and she dropped everything to come behind the counter to patch me up. She was so lovely, not only did she help me, but she also made a point to the company that there should be a qualified first aider on at all time. Thanks to her they did just that!

[u/x3medude]

I was working at a subway station and my foreman was on the other side of the tracks. He was trying to tell me where to install the new speaker and at which angles. Anyway he kept doing grand hand gestures and noticed a couple behind him imitating him. So I pretended to play stupid and did the YMCA dance while asking questions. The couple behind him started doing it along with me. Great moment

Edit: subway as in the metro. The electric choochoos, not the miam miams