A primary school teaching assistant has taken to social media to tell of a random act of kindness by staff at Morrisons in Chorlton that “nearly reduced [her] to tears”.
The Christmas spirit is well and truly setting in across Greater Manchester, but sadly for many, the festive season can still be one of the toughest, and during a year that has been like no other as well, kindness is more important than it ever has been.
Which is why staff at a Morrisons branch in the Manchester suburb of Chorlton have decided to take matters into their own hands with “random acts of kindness” to spread some festive cheer.
One of these random acts of kindness was discovered by “knackered” primary school teaching assistant Kylie Louise, who found a gift-wrapped Toblerone with a note inside from the store’s staff at her local bus stop on her commute into work this morning.
The note read: “Random act of kindness, have a lovely day from all staff at Morrisons Chorlton.”
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Sharing the heartwarming story to the Chorlton group on Facebook – which has over 40K members from the community – this morning, Kylie said: “To the staff at Morrisons, I am a knackered primary school teaching assistant who hasn’t had enough sleep,
“And the last week in school is always chaos.
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Kylie Louise
“Your [random act of kindness] nearly reduced me to tears.
“I have accepted your lovely gift that you left at the bus stop and I will be sharing it with my colleagues.
“Thank you.”
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The post has since gone on to receive hundreds of interactions since being shared just a few hours ago, with many group members praising the staff at the store for their thoughtful actions, as well as sending their well wishes to Kylie and commenting on how nice it is to hear of positive stories in the local community.
That’s not all though.
This commuting chocolate treat is believed to be just one example of “Christmas Kindness” by Morrisons in Chorlton this month.
Throughout December so far, staff members from the store have been delivering grab bags, hampers, and advent calendars donated by members of the public to primary schools across the town, gifting mince pies, tea and biscuits to local care homes and caregivers for all their hard work in helping the vulnerable and elderly during the pandemic, showing support for local heroes who help to make the community what it is, and so much more.
How brilliant is this?
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The brand new show is due to air in April and will see some of the series’ most memorable campmates heading to a new setting in South Africa.
Names involved include Bolton-born boxing legend Amir Khan, Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan, and Happy Mondays legend Shaun Ryder.
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Featured image: ITV
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Commentator Arlo White shows off what the Old Trafford gantry walk looks like
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Ever wondered what it’s like to be up in the gantry in a football stadium, say, Old Trafford? Well, we certainly have.
You see the odd shot of the commentators sat there on the telly from time to time but it never really gives much away either and, at some venues, it’s quite a ways up there. There’s a little bit of allure behind these mysterious parts of footy grounds that most fans will never get to see.
After hours of mindless scrolling on the social media app, we stumbled across the well-known sports commentator‘s channel where he’s been showing off what it’s like to go in the gantry and one of them is his long walk to crow’s nest up at the Theatre of Dreams.
As it turns out, Arlo’s been doing these videos for a couple of years now, revealing how the gantry looks not only at Old Trafford but other big Premier League grounds too, such as down the road at the Etihad, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, Tottenham Hotspurs’ sparkly new ground and many more.
Another reason we found ourselves stuck on his TikTok for so long was also because of the other behind-the-scenes details he reveals too, even shedding light on how he prepares for games: note-taking, data sheets, how keeps himself warm up there during those cold nights on comms and so on.
Emily Sergeant -
14th December 2020 
