The Good Deed Dude

On the bus coming home from work I was pressed into service to help a little old lady get aboard. She had one of those walkers with the wheels and the brake handle thingies (do those classify as vehicles?), and she was unable to make it up the steps. So I lifted the walker up into the bus for her and held it while she slowly climbed the stairs, reclaiming it once she was fully aboard. She sat next to me and thanked me several times.

When she got off, I helped her with the same procedure, only in reverse. I got off first and carried the walker down to the sidewalk while she gingerly descended the steps. Reunited with her walker on the sidewalk she thanked me again (for the 4th time) and added "bless your heart and socks", the benediction accompanied by a little laugh. I wished her a good day and hopped back on the bus.

For the rest of the journey home I was Sir James of the Bless-ed Socks.