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Widowed man has breakdown on plane. Beautiful message. (Original Post) Quixote1818 Nov 2023 OP
Widowed? Ocelot II Nov 2023 #1
LOL. I should never try to post on my phone. nt Quixote1818 Nov 2023 #2
I read that first as "windowed man" as in someone seated at the window seat lapfog_1 Nov 2023 #3
Post removed Post removed Nov 2023 #4
DU is full of them lately, resulting in it losing its usefulness and that has nothing to do with hlthe2b Nov 2023 #6
Wow, friendly post. Had you listened to the positive messages Quixote1818 Nov 2023 #7
It's a nice sentiment blogslug Nov 2023 #5
You never know what someone is going through, so be nice Johnny2X2X Nov 2023 #8
Staged. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2023 #9

lapfog_1

(31,700 posts)
3. I read that first as "windowed man" as in someone seated at the window seat
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 12:04 AM
Nov 2023

and immediately thought of this...


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hlthe2b

(112,916 posts)
6. DU is full of them lately, resulting in it losing its usefulness and that has nothing to do with
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 05:54 AM
Nov 2023

formatting or any other issue that some may have. I wish the admins would require at least a single sentence of comment that references what the link/video shows.

Quixote1818

(31,125 posts)
7. Wow, friendly post. Had you listened to the positive messages
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 03:47 PM
Nov 2023

Of the poor man who lost his wife, maybe little things wouldn't set you off.

blogslug

(39,092 posts)
5. It's a nice sentiment
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 02:36 AM
Nov 2023

The Instagram account belongs to comedian D L Hughley. I assume he found it somewhere and is passing it along. I would rather have seen the original without the intrusive production values and watermark though.

Johnny2X2X

(23,706 posts)
8. You never know what someone is going through, so be nice
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 04:06 PM
Nov 2023

Reminds me of about 10 years ago, I walked into our favorite Thai restaurant to pick up my take out. There was an unhappy customer there just berating the little old man and lady who ran the restaurant, really couldn't be satisfied. He was making a scene and nothing could console him. Got him to leave, and this was next to a dojo and the head of the dojo came out to talk to the guy too once we were outside. Was actually losing my temper a little with him as he was acting like a total fool. And then he broke down crying, his family had been stayiing at a Ronald McDonald's house around the corner and their little girl had cancer she was being treated for and they had been told that morning she wasn't going to make it. He was picking up food for them because she liked Thai food.

You never know what someone is going through. Everyone has lost someone, everyone has grieved or is grieving. The guy cutting you off rudely in traffic, the lady in the grocery store pushing your cart out of her way, they could be having the worst day of their entire lives and are barely holding it together. Don't assume people are juust jerks, they usually aren't.

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