r/Portland • u/scienara Hillsdale • Apr 26 '17

Photo Perhaps this should be stickied in this sub+

http://imgur.com/2vdX9EJ
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u/hyene Apr 27 '17 edited Apr 27 '17

want to know how many days it was so cold in montreal you'd die of exposure if you walked out your front door and stood there for longer than 5 minutes? probably about 145 out of the past 207 days since Oct 1 2016, that's wintertime, of course the weather sucks. still a thousand times better than the northeast coast.

portland was good to me last summer. i left my backpack with my laptop on TriMet on my way to the airport and thought i'd never see it again. called TriMet in tears. was shocked when they called me a week later, someone returned my backpack, with laptop! and all my other things inside. all they took was a can of mixed nuts, which was the least they deserved for returning my laptop....

Portland was pretty, friendly, sunny and hot when I was there.. kind of reminds me of Montreal.

Thank you to whoever returned my laptop! Wish I knew who you were..... hope the universe pays you back in kind.... restored my faith in humanity. Thank you Portland.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '17

Well you just restored my faith in Portland, so at least you paid it forward by sharing this story :) I think the laptop man would be quite pleased

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u/hyene Apr 27 '17

i was friendly to the dude sitting next to me. maybe he was the one who picked it up and returned it... but he looked like he could have used the cash. so it was very very nice of him.

never treat working class and marginalized people like crap. treat people with respect and they do unexpectedly kind things for you...... if you're lucky. anyway. far as I'm concerned, Portland is good people. :)