Today, a true tale of heroism that takes place not in
a war zone, nor a hospital, but in Victoria station in London in 2007, during a
tube strike.
Our hero is standing with other commuters in a long,
snaking line for a bus, when a smartly dressed businessman blatantly cuts in
line behind him. (Behind him: this detail matters.)
The interloper proves immune to polite remonstration,
whereupon Edwards is seized by a magnificent idea.
He turns to the elderly woman standing behind the
queue-jumper, and asks her if she'd like to go ahead of him. She accepts, so he
asks the person behind her, and the next person, and the next – until 60 or 70
people have moved ahead, Edwards and the seething queue-jumper shuffling
further backwards all the time.
The bus finally pulls up, and Edwards hears a shout
from the front of the line. It's the elderly woman, addressing him: "Young
man! Do you want to go in front of me?"
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"I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's
bad or good."
~ Sandra Bullock
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