Today, I was just lounging around in the Foreign Languages Building with my friend and we were checking out brochures and pamphlets for the various countries around the world. I was a bit hyper so I was toppling over the place...well not literally but still. At the same time, there was this guy who was talking on the phone...he seemed European with dark curly hair and he had luggage in his hand. He was quite immersed in his conversation and had a thick heavy accent...but it was cute regardless.
So while we were looking at all the various countries, I kind of tripped on his bag...not exactly tripped but was about to fall over but I regained my balance just in time. He gestured to me with his hand and mouthed a sorry...so I said it is okay and moved on!
I had another meeting in another building so I had walked about a fourth of a mile away from the previous building and was just a bit lost in my own world!
I suddenly heard a sound from behind. Someone with a cute accent said "Excuse me."
Initially, I didn't turn around but I heard it again so I turned around and saw the same guy who was at the other building.
I initially thought that he might ask me for directions since it is a huge campus and it is easy to lose your way especially if you are not from there.
What he said next surprised me the most, which was: "I am really sorry about hitting you over there...I was on my phone and didn't realize!"
I instantly beamed and said, "It is totally okay...don't worry about it!"
I couldn't resist asking him, "You followed me all the way HERE just to say sorry!" and he actually said "Yes!"...He then said sorry again and flashed a smile...and I repeated that it was fine and actually thanked him...
That brightened my day a bit because someone actually following you and saying sorry just doesn't happen on the streets of Chicago. Nobody cares a damn, infact even if someone hurts you...they might not stop and say sorry...but this guy did...! Possibly because he was European and maybe from a land of courtesies!!! Awww...! [:P] It was so refreshing to see someone so courteous apologizing for something so minor and actually being genuine about it...
From that point on, I really saw the height of courtesy (such men are so hard to come by...honestly...I should have done something but...atleast I blogged about it...!)...and bounced all the way to my next Leadership and Managment meeting!
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that was really nice of him...yes..its hard to find nice a courteous ppl arn...usne tere liye itna kuch kiya..tuney bus blog mara..u shud ve asked him for a coffee o somethin..anyways, its nice that u told wrote abt him. so i knw two nice ppl arn..one a stranger and the other my fren.
A stranger is a fren u ven't met yet!
r u sure he didnt follow u after that...
skeptoboy...who might you be now?
it probably hasn't occured to you that he might have stalked you? cynicism aside, it was a thoughtful gesture but I still am at a loss to know why he did it. normal people aren't that polite. and politeness is so rare that it can almost be considered an abnormality, eh? Besides the fact strikes me that he was too dense to have apologized in the first place to have followed you to do so. That said, such courtesy is refreshing!
u shudn be skeptical all the time. u'll always be a doubter then.
hahaha... u must be one charming looking lady for him to follow u so far and act out whatever he did...
Seriously, I dont think he even meant to be sooo courteous... such courtesy doesnt exist and is not even needed... I don't know what he was trying to prove...
But, whatever it is... he sure seems to have done a gud job to find a place on ur blog... hehe...
u rnt so naive, r u? :) if u r, then its kinda sweet.. but... :)
He must have been a Scot.
Before coming to Scotland, if anybody would have told me that people could be so polite, I would have laughed on their face..... I quote their examples now.... :))
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