I have always maintained the belief that people in SVG are exceedingly
welcoming and giving, friendly and just overall nice. I was fortunate to experience an act of
kindness that made my day. It was particularly noteworthy, as I had all but
given up hope for dealing with people in general at this time.
About a week ago, I had a meeting in Town. Naturally, I was running late. Running late, coupled with the lack of vans
running due to the road outage and subsequent detour, it takes much longer to
reach Town now. When I got to the bus stop there were many school kids as
school just let out. When a van came, all the school children rushed the van
and filled it up before I could get on. As
they were determining how best to pack the van with so many people, there was
an older woman already on the van who insisted to the conductor that they let “the
white lady” on the van. For a few
minutes, the conductor ignored the woman’s commands, as the conductor moved people
around somewhat unsuccessfully and tried to pack the van. Yet, the woman kept
insisting that the “white lady” get on the van. After some time of the woman
repeatedly telling the conductor to let me on, the conductor closed the
door. Just as the van was about to pull
away, the woman again demanded that they let “the white lady” on the van. The door opened and the conductor got out,
and made a young man sitting in the second row get out and stand, in addition
to the conductor, thereby letting me ride to Town.
I was so happy the woman kept insisting that they let me on
the van, since I was already late and vans are so hard to come by now, and it
takes much longer to reach Town with the detour. Thank you, stranger, for your generous act of
kindness.
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