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One chat at a Dover bar changed a stranger's night

David Couture says the man's wife rang that evening to thank him for a business card

KINDNESS: One chat at a Dover bar changed a stranger's night. David Couture says the man's wife rang that evening to thank him for a business card
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A tiny washing machine and a trip to a laundromat he hated ended up saving a stranger's life, says David Couture.

He slipped into the Chinese restaurant next door in Dover, New Hampshire, for a tiki cocktail. The man beside him was low, so David chatted and handed over his card.

That night, he says, the man's wife rang to thank him. Her husband had left a note saying he wasn't coming back. He did.

Would you have started that conversation?

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Full story: Good News Network

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