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This happened several years ago.
I commute into downtown Toronto on the GO train and take the subway to get to my office. That’s an hour and a half each way.
Going home, I have a very narrow window of time to get from my office to Union Station to catch my train home. If I miss the train, I have to wait another 45 minutes before the next train and my kids would already be in bed by the time I made it home.
One afternoon I was a little late leaving the office and I ran to the subway. I got to the platform just as the doors closed. I stopped in front of the closed doors with my head down.
Suddenly the door opened and the conductor at the end of the train called “hop on”. I couldn’t believe it.
When I got to Union I went to the end of the subway train and thanked him before I ran for my train.
That small guesture meant so much and I will never forget his kindness.
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