NY'ers can be great people - here's proof (New York, York: insurance, credit card)

[UpstaterInBklyn]

I found this note today on my windshield while the car was parked in Brooklyn Heights:



It says: "I'm sorry. I scraped your car. Please call me at 917-XXX-XXXX for insurance"

When I called the person, she was very nice and wanted to make things right. She was glad I got the note before the it started raining and mentioned that she didn't have anything to write with, so she went to a nearby deli and got a napkin and pen.

The scratch she actually put on the corner of the rear bumper was not even that bad - most cars in NYC have these kind of scratches and scrapes already.

I just wanted to share this to show just how honest and upstanding people can actually be.

[CNG]

Now that is a rarity, in or out of the city. Most people would run/walk away or something.

[rlrl]

Last year at exactly this time I had accidentally dropped my wallet out on the sidewalk. I came back into my apt and it was nowhere in sight. I went out with a flashlight looking on every street, tracing my path from the deli, asked the deli owner if he saw it. He did not. I came back to the apt wondering what on earth i was going to do as my whole life was in that wallet. Not a lot of $$ in it but my driver's license, insurance card, ATM card, credit cards, AAA card. To make matters worse i had a stress test scheduled the next morning at 9AM in Manhattan. I was thinking of having to cancel the apt. How would I pay for it without my ATM card and insurance card?

I go out again for a second look but it's nowhere to be found.

I come back to the apt and I see my phone message light blinking. A guy named Rich left a message that he found my wallet and to call him on his cell

I call him, he tells me to meet him at his bldg on the next block

He comes out gives me the wallet, I offer him all the $$ in the wallet as a reward but he doesn't accept.

This man saved my life or at least put my life back on course

[Carbro]

I had a similar experience, dropping my wallet. The finder phoned me, would not accept a cash reward once I'd retrieved it. Since I had gone to his apt to get it, I had his address and sent him a gift certif. I couldn't let his good deed go unrewarded.

[jcladue]

I have an explanation....they weren't New Yorkers. O wait, they DID have a 917 area code....but I have an explanation for that; they were staying at a friends house and the 917 number belongs to their host. Do you know how many un-accounted for scrapes were on my car before I got rid of it?!?! Never got onw note, ever!

Originally Posted by UpstaterInBklyn

I found this note today on my windshield while the car was parked in Brooklyn Heights:

It says: "I'm sorry. I scraped your car. Please call me at 917-XXX-XXXX for insurance"

When I called the person, she was very nice and wanted to make things right. She was glad I got the note before the it started raining and mentioned that she didn't have anything to write with, so she went to a nearby deli and got a napkin and pen.

The scratch she actually put on the corner of the rear bumper was not even that bad - most cars in NYC have these kind of scratches and scrapes already.

I just wanted to share this to show just how honest and upstanding people can actually be.

[Kemba]

There's plenty of great people in NY. Unfortunately, they get a bad rap.

[RosaGneco]

I agree that there are plenty of great people in NY but there are MUCH MORE RUDE people than not...that's for sure. New Yorker's get that bad rap for a reason!

[Silverback1983]

All those people must have grew up somewhere else or were tourists..LOL. j.k

[mrjaeyun]

new yorkers are the nicest people i remember seeing in a research saying that new yorkers hold doors for people and say thank you more than other americans

[cm070685]

Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. When I was working in NYC last year, my bf and I went out to eat to one of our local places in Queens. My bf's wallet fell out of his shorts while we were eating and he didn't notice. One of the men seated behind us handed him the wallet as he was leaving - he had spotted it on the floor. On numerous occasions, total strangers held the doors of the train for me as they saw me dashing up the steps to the platform, cos they knew it'd be a 15 minute wait on a Sunday morning if I missed the train to work. I found NY-ers considerate, thoughtful and genuine. Of course there were the bad apples but the positive far outweighed the negative, and that was the case with all my trips to NYC.