Otter-BelleHavenMarina
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I'd buy a round just for the story! Warning - this is a little off topic, but the C-Brats site had its orgins in of off-topic musings of Tyboo and RedFox, so I think I'm on solid ground here!
It is nice to be thanked for a good deed (I recently got a warm note from a woman who had an accident during rush hour one morning - she wasn't hurt but she was shaken up and she was very grateful that I sat with her until the police arrived), but it's even better to have an opportunity to say thanks to the ones who helped. 15 years ago I was living in a three-story wooden building in New Haven that had been converted to apartments. A fire broke out in one of the apartments while no one was home. The New Haven FD did their thing very professionally and it was contained before our whole building went up. A few days later I went into a local pizza place and saw a table of firefighters finishing their meal. When their check came, it was just a note saying thanks from the folks at 472 Orange Street. Maybe that happened to them all the time, but they seemed genuinely touched. It sure felt good to me.
It is nice to be thanked for a good deed (I recently got a warm note from a woman who had an accident during rush hour one morning - she wasn't hurt but she was shaken up and she was very grateful that I sat with her until the police arrived), but it's even better to have an opportunity to say thanks to the ones who helped. 15 years ago I was living in a three-story wooden building in New Haven that had been converted to apartments. A fire broke out in one of the apartments while no one was home. The New Haven FD did their thing very professionally and it was contained before our whole building went up. A few days later I went into a local pizza place and saw a table of firefighters finishing their meal. When their check came, it was just a note saying thanks from the folks at 472 Orange Street. Maybe that happened to them all the time, but they seemed genuinely touched. It sure felt good to me.