This is gonna get buried . Around the holidays , a few years ago , I was shipping out a package at the local UPS store . A woman was on line in front of me . She seemed so scattered or frazzled . She got to the front of the line and asked if they had any tape to close up her package she was about to ship out . They offered to sell her some , and she seemed on the verge of tears . I spoke up , and offered her the packing tape I had in my car . I ran out , grabbed it , came back and she thanked me , than fumbled about as she tried to tape the box up . I asked her if I could do it for her , and she thanked me again . As I was taping her box up , she just started quietly crying . She thanked me yet again , and said her son had just died and she was shipping some of his things out , and I was an angel . I handed her , her package and told her I was sorry for her loss . She seemed a little more collected after that . I know my helping her didn ' t ease the burden of her lose , but she seemed to really appreciate it . Being nice to a stranger only takes a moment and it can completely change their day .