Ever since the day I realized that I can not simply walk into a store and by a Wii, my desire to own one has been going through the roof.

Last week I saw a flyer from Zellers advertising that they were going to have Wii consoles in, and on sale. How great is that! I called down a learned that there was going to be 4 consoles at the Zellers near where I live and the were going to be available to the public at 10 am on Friday (Good Friday) morning.

My son Jonah, who is just as compulsive as I am, had at this point got into the act and agreed with me that the thing to do was for us to get up early and go wait in line at the Zellers so we could get one. So at 8 am we wandered down and got into line. When we arrived, there was one other person, an older gentleman who was hoping to get one for his grandchildren.

Over the next couple of hours before the store opened, quite a few people showed up and the atmosphere turned first into a bit of a coffee party and then as the hour neared it turned to the competitive as everyone jockeyed for that optimum place in line. Sadly for us, this Zellers has two doors to get in to the store, and of course, they opened the other set of doors leaving us essentially in the cold. When I got to the counter all 4 were spoken for - the people who had shown up first and lined up for hours were left hanging.

I complained a little to the people at Zellers and told them that it was unfair that they had no way of managing this any better. They just looked at me and shrugged in that way that only a person who is working for just over minimum wage can.

Downhearted and a little dejected, Jonah and I left the store empty handed.

This is where the Act of Kindness comes in.

As Jonah and I moped outside the store, Jonah a little more than me (he really was on the verge of tears - it is a lot of work to wait in line for 2 hours at 7 years of age), one of the people who had purchased one of the consoles came up to me and we started talking. He had come down to buy one for his kids but when he called to tell them he had got one, they were all still sleeping. Put off by his own children’s lack of passion, he returned it so that Jonah could have it.

“What comes around goes around, you must have done something nice for someone this week.”

Thank you sir!

Your kindness and generosity was truly inspiring, and we have had a great time playing on that console.

Now it is my turn to pass that act of kindness around……..