💬 I walked a lost delivery guy 2 blocks and he thanked me like I'd paid his rent

Last Thursday around 8 pm a delivery guy was standing at our building gate, staring at his phone. He looked about 19. I asked, you lost? He said, the map says I'm already inside your building. I checked the address. Wrong block, wrong building, about 2 blocks away. The map was just confused. I had nowhere to be, so I said, come on, I'll show you. He looked at me like I'd offered him a kidney. We walked together past a laundromat and a closed bakery. He told me it was his 4th day on the job. He'd done 23 deliveries and already missed 2 doors. His boss was calling him every 10 minutes. I told him I did the same work in college for a month and quit. He laughed and said, I'm also quitting. He wasn't serious. Probably. I pointed at the right door and he rang the bell with both hands full. Then he did something I didn't expect. He put the bag down and said thank you, 3 times in a row. Not a polite thank you. A tired one, the kind you give when something small finally goes right. I said it's nothing. He said, no sir, my last 2 customers shouted at me. That was all he said. I felt good walking back. Like I'd found 20 dollars in a coat I hadn't worn since winter. It cost me 6 minutes. I've walked past plenty of people staring at their phones in the street. I always assumed somebody else would stop. Usually nobody does. I have no big thought about it. When I got home my tea had gone cold and I drank it anyway. It tasted better than usual. Told my brother on the phone. He said, you gave directions, calm down. I'm still smiling about it.

He looked at you like you offered a kidney, that is the exact face delivery boys make when someone slows down for them. Last month I walked a courier 3 lanes in Kukatpally because his map kept looping, and he thanked me 4 times before leaving.

Gave my seat on the bus to a pregnant lady near Nampally last week.