Offer to let other people go ahead of you in line, especially if you’re approaching the line at the same time. This is double applicable if you’re in a store and the other person has fewer items than you.
This is a small gesture of kindness that in most cases will cost you very little time or effort. It shows consideration for other people’s time. Especially in the case of being in a store and letting someone with fewer items than you go first, there is no sense in making someone else wait for you who would otherwise be able to get in and out much quicker.
Let people with a few items go first in line.
Slow down a little and let the person in the lane next to you merge.
Hold the door for someone if you go through first.
Offer napkins to the person at the next table who just spilled their drink.
Help someone pick up things they just dropped.
Say “Thankyou so much!” to workers who help you even though it’s literally their job.
Wish everyone a nice day, because we all need a nice day.
Can confirm, the thank yous to a service worker for doing their job has the potential to be the only thing that sustains us through a shitty day. It’s tiny for you, but big for the other person