'This is not a gift': Man's generous gesture for baby girl on train
A parent has thanked the kindness of a stranger after receiving a heart-warming note and $20 cash while riding on a Sydney train.
The parent shared a picture to social media of a hand-written letter and $20 note, received from a “stranger in a suit” while riding the train with a nine-month-old infant.
The letter accompanying the cash read: “This is not a gift. It is an investment. Please let your baby know that an old Aboriginal man invested $20 to her college fund.”
The parent shared the picture to Reddit, with the caption: “Thank you kind stranger on the train! It’s people like you making Sydney a better place.
“We will frame this and make sure she sees it! Many love, kind strange[r] in a suit, who had a joyful interaction with our 9 months old girl!”
Many on Reddit praised the anonymous man for his kind act.
“That's awesome. Small gestures like that often go a long way,” one wrote.
Another added: “Needed the warms and fuzzies today, thanks! ❤️❤️❤️”
However, some others called the gesture a fake, attacking the supposed note-writer’s choice of the word “college” in favour of “university”.
One wrote: “College fund??? She she going to America to study? Don't you mean University?”
Despite the naysayers, another person chimed in to say: “Well Australia does have Colleges too, if you're going to be an a*** about it.”
The parent responded in the thread, saying the note was received on Wednesday night on train at Sutherland, south of the city.
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