Originally Posted by
Phredd3
A very good problem, and a signature move for my father-in-law: Do something extremely nice for someone, but do it in such a way that nobody knows about it until long after it happens. He was a handyman for the local pool in his spare time for many, many years, and folks would mention something odd was broken and make it clear that they'd given up on it ever being fixed, and he would design something to solve the problem (he's an engineer by trade) and install it in the off hours on a random weeknight without saying a word. The person who complained would often find out days or even weeks later, and would have to seek him out just to thank him. Good guy, he just doesn't want you to know it.