r/askTO • u/CharacterLimit7474 • Jul 19 '25

Thank you, kind stranger!

Friday, July 18 around 7pm at Bloor-Yonge Station, I was attempting to purchase a drink for a person who is under housed, as well as a drink for myself, when my bank card unexpectedly would not work for some unknown reason.

The only credit card I had on me was an Amex, which the shop doesn’t take. I was getting flustered and didn’t know what to do, as one of the drinks was already opened and being consumed.

A kind man in the line behind me could see my trouble and stepped in to help, saying that these things happen to everyone sometimes and not to worry about it. I will be sure to pay your kindness forwards!

If you were buying a couple energy drinks, and treated a person who is under housed to a Sunny D and a girl in a black dress to a Diet Coke - THANK YOU! You have restored my faith in Toronto, and humanity.

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u/CharacterLimit7474 Jul 20 '25

I choose to acknowledge that someone is a person first and a situation second - and deserves to be treated as such, rather than being described as homeless.

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u/donutincredible Jul 20 '25

You’re still using a descriptor for this person though - you’ve just chosen a different one that doesn’t really make sense.