Surprising Kindness at the Doctor's Office

"Helping people and putting smiles on their faces is a great, great thing.  God only knows why more people don't do it more often."
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

A relative of mine had been seeing a hand surgeon for a tendon problem.  Lately, her hand had been bothering her.  Concerned, my relative wanted to see the doctor and knew that he only had office hours on Monday.  She decided to go to his office first thing and ask whether the doctor might squeeze her in.  When she arrived, the waiting room was already filled with patients.  She explained the situation to the woman at the front desk and waited while they tried to see if they could help her.  Observing this, a woman in the waiting room who also was waiting for the doctor told my relative that she could have her appointment.  Very surprised, my relative thanked her.  As it turned out, they were able to squeeze in my relative, so she did not have to take the generous woman up on her offer.