Oliver Muensterer had a job interview for which he had to travel a few hours away from his home in Leipzig, Germany. Having packed all his essentials, he left and arrived the evening before his schedule.
All seemed well at this point, so the next morning, when he was getting ready for the job interview, he realized about an hour before the appointment that he had forgotten to bring a white dress shirt. Whether he had another dress shirt in a different color or had completely been remiss of a dress shirt was not mentioned.
To resolve the issue, he thought of simply going out to the nearest store to buy a shirt. Assuming that the interview was scheduled at around 10 AM, we can only guess that not a lot of stores would be open at that time. But Muensterer, in a panic, decided that this was the best course of action.
He went downstairs to the reception desk, asked the man at the counter where the nearest store was so that he could buy a dress shirt for his job interview. In the middle of his explanation to the hotel clerk, the man suggested a solution.
Instead of giving him directions to the nearest open store to buy a new shirt, the hotel clerk simply took off his own white dress shirt, gave it to Muensterer, who put it on, and promptly went to his interview.
Unfortunately, Muensterer didn't get the job as it wasn't exactly his dream job. He came back, returned the nice man's dress shirt, and went back home.
This kindness shown to him by the hotel clerk stuck with him and he has since made it a point to pay that kindness forward by showing other strangers who may need help the same willingness and openness to aid them in whatever way he can.
(Image credit: Oliver Muensterer)