Goyza Dumpling Soup

Here I am at London Gatwick, having soup and charging my devices. I was clever enough to bring a UK power plug for my MacBook and the right cables to charge my cell phones. Well, two at a time anyway (only have two USB ports). I do have to buy a USB travel hub somewhere. I’m using my Galaxy S2 as a WiFi tethering hotspot with a prepaid SIM card on the UK 3 network.

BlackBerry Curve at LGW

Suddenly this guy shows up. He tells me he just bought a BlackBerry charger and his battery is dead! We talk a bit and he discovers he bought a Mini USB charger, while his BlackBerry Curve has a Micro USB connector. Bad luck! I unplug my Samsung Galaxy S2 and tell him he can use my cable. He’s off back to the shop to return his charger and I’m wondering: why does he trust me? Why do we trust complete strangers at an airport? I’ve had similar experiences, only the other way around, where I left two of my cell phones with a couple of girls who also got their phones charged with my charger in return.
I’m thinking: We trust people because we want to.

And it works! 🙂

Have a great day!