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16 Jan 11 - 12:26 PM (#3075729) Subject: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: DebC It's not about left vs right. It's about caring about other people. When are we going to get back to that? Do something nice for someone today. Deb Cowan |
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16 Jan 11 - 12:35 PM (#3075734) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Ebbie Hey, Ma'am, I've got mine. Why should I worry about other people? (Not my view, but a fairly common mindset.) |
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16 Jan 11 - 12:37 PM (#3075736) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Donuel Deep down we are very much alike. Sometimes more than we care to admit. |
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16 Jan 11 - 12:45 PM (#3075742) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert Individually??? Yeah... Collectively??? Not there... Too many greedy people who like rigging the game at the detriment of others standards of living or safety... Sorry, but I've seen to much of what happens to people when that happens... B~ |
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16 Jan 11 - 01:05 PM (#3075754) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Tell me one thing the republican party ever did for the workingman and I'll reconsider. |
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16 Jan 11 - 01:08 PM (#3075757) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle abolition of slavery....? |
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16 Jan 11 - 01:46 PM (#3075777) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bill D As I have posted before, and many historians have noted, the **name** of the party means little, because the positions have almost reversed since the 1860s. The change was pretty much complete when many of the "Dixiecrats" left the 'Democrats' and became Republicans during the civil rights movement. Cultural & demographic changes make it hard to label people accurately in a system with only 2 major parties. Let's use 'conservative'...with qualifications... to refer to what Kendall meant. |
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16 Jan 11 - 01:48 PM (#3075779) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Donuel Yipes, the direction of this thread seems to be the polar opposite of its obvious intent. |
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16 Jan 11 - 01:52 PM (#3075782) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: DebC Liberal-Conservative, left-right, Dem-Repub, whatever. I'll repeat: It's about caring about other people. When are we going to get back to that? Do something nice for someone today. I had an old friend in Scotland who used to tell me "It costs nothing to be kind" and he was absolutely correct. Debra Cowan |
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16 Jan 11 - 01:54 PM (#3075783) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: michaelr There's nothing in the street Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Is now the parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around me Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again |
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16 Jan 11 - 02:00 PM (#3075789) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bill D "It costs nothing to be kind" Unfortunately, many very much disagree with that laudable idea. Mine owners, insurance executives...etc.. I try to practice it on a personal level, and that is satisfying, but so many treat it as a sign of weakness. |
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16 Jan 11 - 02:21 PM (#3075796) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Donuel Currency is only what we collectively decide together to give value. I dream of a currency that is based on the shared value of 'goodness'. Mine owners and Insurance ceo's who withold benefits for greed, will have to pay goodness dollars to survive or go broke. Goodness dollars are greater than tax credits, they go to the heart of sustainability, love, kindness, life saving and knowledge sharing. Earning goodness dollars is based upon a worldwide consensus/ agreement in the good work and intentions of sustainable, love, kindness, life saving and knowledge sharing. If the UN had a budget and everyone in the world had a vote as to whom the goodness dollars would be paid, it would be a better world. But all this comes from the raving mind of an extreme empath. It could never happen, right? |
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16 Jan 11 - 02:45 PM (#3075805) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Jeri Neither you, I, nor ANYBODY is responsible for "collectively". Unfortunately, without some political flag to wave and somebody to hate, some folks don't even HAVE an "individually". I believe it's best if I stop judging my own behavior in the context of what Other People do. I have friends who are conservatives and are a whole lot kinder than some of those whom conservatives label "bleeding heart liberals". There are people who seem to define themselves by whom and what they hate, and it doesn't much matter what side they're on. If you treat people like pawns, you aren't fun to be around. Kendall, I don't believe Deb is talking about politics or political parties. I believe she's speaking to us as individuals. If we can't even see ourselves as whole apart from our affiliations, then we aren't competent to make decisions about right or wrong, good or bad. If we have to rely on a group to tell us who we like or who we hate, we are worse off than sheep, who at least mostly behave as a herd and not factions of a herd. If you wish to protest that your thoughts are yours and not some group's, give the other guys the benefit of the doubt too. When you get down to who you're gonna help when they fall or who you're gonna kick, there is no "them". There are only individuals with name,s and people who love them. |
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16 Jan 11 - 02:47 PM (#3075809) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Richard Bridge Al, while teh abolition of slavery in the USA may ahve helped slaves, how did it help the working man? |
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16 Jan 11 - 02:50 PM (#3075812) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Richard Bridge PS - for the avoidance of doubt it was also morally correct. |
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16 Jan 11 - 03:18 PM (#3075839) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: akenaton Deborah Cowan...."ye need smeddum, tae be richt coorse....or richt kind" |
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16 Jan 11 - 03:52 PM (#3075861) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle Some of the slaves were men. Some of them worked. Some 'working men' were helped by not being slaves. Lets hope they found they found it helpful. |
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16 Jan 11 - 04:47 PM (#3075891) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: SPB-Cooperator Debra, There is a conflict between the way an individual behaves towards individual humans, and the social/political/economic systems they subscribe to. I work with charities that work with people with disabilities (physical and learning)and have seen many individual acts of benevolence, but they are often carried out by those who uphold the conditions that make benevolence required in the first place. I don't believe we can detach ourselves from 'left and right' as it is this distinction which shapes the extent to which those who are most disadvantaged are in need of individual acts of kindness. It all sounds pessimistic, but if you haven't read it already, read 'Join Me' by Danny Wallace - to see how people can be capable of good. |
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16 Jan 11 - 05:03 PM (#3075906) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Dave MacKenzie The unhappiest people I know are the ones who always put themselves first. |
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16 Jan 11 - 05:11 PM (#3075912) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: SINSULL Debra, I agree. It can be as simple as telling someone that their baby is beautiful or bright or beautiful and bright. Just a bit of honesty that is both true and kind to make someone's day a bit nicer. Sometimes I leave a plant on someone's desk with a wish for a good day - nothing expensive. Just to let them know they are appreciated. Or a silly toy. Whatever. See someone having trouble finding the chicken soup or reaching the can on the top shelf, help. Simple but it makes us all a little more civilized. Kendall is in curmudgeon mode. He does it every day. Mary |
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16 Jan 11 - 07:32 PM (#3075996) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: jacqui.c I constantly wear on my wrist an example of Deb C 'doing something nice'. Maybe we can't do too much to influence a lot of people or to change the political situation. That doesn't mean that, on a daily basis, we can't just do our best to be helpful and maybe to let someone know that a stranger cares about them. That action can make us feel happier and may also encourage the other person to maybe do something nice themselves. |
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16 Jan 11 - 07:36 PM (#3075999) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Whatever. |
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16 Jan 11 - 07:40 PM (#3076003) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Ok, you asked for it. I try to make someone laugh or at least smile every day, and I succeed. A few days ago a woman recognized me and was all excited. I wondered why and she told me that it was she whom I helped at the Post Office a month or so before. I had forgotten about that. She had a load of heavy cartons to take to her car and I helped her. It's just something I do. I didn't ask if she voted for Obama first either. |
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16 Jan 11 - 07:51 PM (#3076009) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Anyway, let's all lighten up a bit. |
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16 Jan 11 - 08:03 PM (#3076015) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall My remark was out of place here. Sorry. |
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16 Jan 11 - 08:07 PM (#3076017) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: gnu I took Mum out to a big grocery store and walked with her for an hour. I whistled for my buddy Blackie the crow by times for an hour and when he finally flew in I fed him and his lame mate pizza crusts (she can't fly south and he stays here for the winter with her). I visited an elderly man who recently had a severe health problem recently and I told him a dozen ribald jokes and had him in stitches. I forgave The New England Patriots coaching staff for calling a bad game and fucking up their whole season by being such idiotic assholes. Okay, I lied about the last one. |
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16 Jan 11 - 08:12 PM (#3076020) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Slag Deb C, Thank you for the thread and the post. Jeri, yes and well said. I've been known to preach so, well, too bad, I'm going to preach just a little bit more. Christ's parable of the good Samaritan was exactly what you are talking about. The Samatans and the Jews mutually hated each other, collectively. They would go out of their ways to avoid an encounter. "Samaritan" was the "N" word of the day and that is not an exageration. The man who was robbed and injured was Jewish but the Jewish folk who passed him by were so bound up in their self-righteous postures they would not stop to help their brother. The hated Smaritan was the one who did all that was needful. He bound up the injuries and got the man to a place of safety and got medical attention for him and footed the bill and made surety for any other expenses that might come along. Differences they had but common humanity trumped them all for the Good Samaritan. Hmpf! And they say Christ's teachings are no longer relevant. Well, thanks for the listen anyway. |
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16 Jan 11 - 08:40 PM (#3076038) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert Christ also was purdy pissed off at folks using the temple for money changing... |
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16 Jan 11 - 08:40 PM (#3076039) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Jeri First, gnu, I don't think crow fly south. Maybe Canadian ones do, but I've got four seasons of crows. Second, the Patriots screwed the pooch. You have to draw the "nice" line somewhere. People on military installations are somewhat more cohesive than those in other communities. Often, strangers greet each other when they pass on a sidewalk. Enlisted people salute officers who salute back, they say "Hi", they nod at each other, they smile. I was once stationed at an Air Force base where the common greeting seemed to be "How are you?" and people looked you in the eye when they asked. I thought it was odd; it was an awful lot to say when you just meant "Hi". I later found out there had been an unusual number of suicides. I think the greeting was a way of connecting so people far away from home didn't feel so alone. There was a feeling, right after 9/11, of people wanting to help each other out. Drivers were more polite, and let people into traffic ahead of them. They tailgated less, and some waved for no particular reason at all. Telemarketers took the first "no" for an answer. People seemed nicer everywhere. It lasted right up until our President started focusing people's minds on war, and then starting one. Yes, that WAS politics, and it took all of that feeling of neighbors helping neighbors and divided everyone again. Those of us who let the politics drive us apart again were less for it, and those who are maintaining that separateness are continuing the work of the ones who started it. I'm not as mad at the politicians as I am about what they did, and what they've managed to get some of us to continue. There are people here who care deeply about the direction of their country. Unfortunately, they don't seem to care very much about people. Not the ones right in front of them. |
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16 Jan 11 - 08:41 PM (#3076040) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall I don't and never have hated anyone. |
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16 Jan 11 - 08:52 PM (#3076046) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Ebbie Sometimes I leave a plant on someone's desk with a wish for a good day - nothing expensive. Just to let them know they are appreciated. Or a silly toy. Whatever." Sinsull Laudable and fun, Sins. But I keep picturing some headless Jesus (or what was it?) on a co-worker's desk. |
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16 Jan 11 - 09:04 PM (#3076051) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Little Hawk You betcha, Deb! A few kind acts a day is what it takes to change the world. Just multiply it by a million and keep on keepin' on. We have the power to transform our lives. |
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16 Jan 11 - 09:06 PM (#3076055) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert I'm with you, Capt'n... Hatin' people ain't in my DNA... Hatin' people's behavior, however??? Different story... |
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16 Jan 11 - 09:23 PM (#3076065) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle 'I don't and never have hated anyone' Perhaps hatred is given to us to help us cope with unpleasant people. |
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16 Jan 11 - 09:27 PM (#3076069) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert Well, maybe, Alan... I know a lot of real unpleasant people but I can't quite bring myself to hate them... Maybe that is the Christian in me, I donno??? B~ |
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16 Jan 11 - 09:31 PM (#3076072) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: maeve We've been given encouragement, cds, instruments, things to keep us warm, laughter, water... Kindness means someone will survive. Thank you. |
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16 Jan 11 - 09:43 PM (#3076086) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Joe Offer I find it hard to get past the left-right debate. When I'm with conservatives, I feel like in the enemy camp and bound to be found out and excoriated. I worry that I'm going to say something wrong, and that somebody will get indignant. When I'm with some liberals, I feel the same. I think of myself as a liberal; but I'm Catholic, and some liberals think I can't be a true liberal and be Catholic. It all gets kinda silly, because people are so sure what I think, even before I think it. And I suppose there are times when I'm guilty of the same thing, even though I try hard to avoid that. I try hard to look at every person as an important dignitary, as somebody who is really valuable. It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does. Sometimes, people don't care or know what I think or what labels I wear. All they know is that I'm a person who likes them, and that's enough. -Joe- |
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16 Jan 11 - 10:09 PM (#3076096) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert Spoken like a good Catholic, Joe... Maybe it's time to move on to a more tolerant form of Christianity without the middle-men and the guilt??? Or not... B~ |
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16 Jan 11 - 10:15 PM (#3076098) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Songster Bob ""Dixiecrats" left the 'Democrats' and became Republicans during the civil rights movement." Perhaps the Republican Party of today, the inheritors of the Confederacy, should be called the "Dixiecans," as "Dixiecrat" refers to the Democrats, so the "crats" part is the mutable part of the label. Bob |
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16 Jan 11 - 10:26 PM (#3076104) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert NO matter what you caLL |
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17 Jan 11 - 04:01 AM (#3076194) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Joe Offer Just what I mean, Bobert - people are so sure what I think, even before I think it. |
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17 Jan 11 - 05:16 AM (#3076213) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle Who was it said....? I take an immediate dislike to that sort of person. It saves time. |
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17 Jan 11 - 07:24 AM (#3076256) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler I don't think that I hate anyone, but I might well pity them, and that can really make them hate you! |
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17 Jan 11 - 07:35 AM (#3076269) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Will Rogers said "I never met a man I didn't like." Does anyone believe that? |
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17 Jan 11 - 10:20 AM (#3076378) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle makes you wonder how he felt about women... |
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17 Jan 11 - 10:25 AM (#3076381) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: DebC Thank you all. Many of you who have contributed to this are dear friends who I know personally. In her post yesterday, Jeri went a bit further than my simple plea that started this thread. Joe said: "I try hard to look at every person as an important dignitary, as somebody who is really valuable. It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does. Sometimes, people don't care or know what I think or what labels I wear. All they know is that I'm a person who likes them, and that's enough." Thank you, Joe. My philosophy as well. I try to see the good in people even if I don't agree with their ideas or philosophy. I have had tears in my eyes as I have read your contributions about the many kindnesses you each perform every day. I say again, thanks to you all. Deb |
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17 Jan 11 - 11:21 AM (#3076423) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: maeve Flying a bit off course...Jeri, Northern crows are known for short distance migration; up to a few hundred miles, I think. Your area crows are likely different individuals at different seasons. Deb- To continue the list of kindnesses received: music books, an afghan, a quilt, fabric, a shawl, Private Messages, soup, seeds, a cd player... Maeve |
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17 Jan 11 - 11:21 AM (#3076424) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Just for the record, my remark was a combination of sarcasm and humor; sort of like that other thing that keeps cropping up, "What is folk music." |
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17 Jan 11 - 11:36 AM (#3076440) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: maeve Humor from Kendall Morse? Will wonders never cease? Hi, Kendall. |
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17 Jan 11 - 11:45 AM (#3076449) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Ebbie I figure when he said that Will Rogers was responding to the essential humanity in each of us. |
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17 Jan 11 - 12:48 PM (#3076492) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Neil D "I think of myself as a liberal; but I'm Catholic, and some liberals think I can't be a true liberal and be Catholic." Then they've never heard of Liberation Theology. |
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17 Jan 11 - 01:06 PM (#3076501) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Jeri I complain the people don't talk about anything new, but fall back into the rut of what they always talk about. I must be right, because I sure did it! Personal niceness. Yes, I've been a beneficiary more times than I can count. CDs, books, invitations to homes, and other things I value. Other people's willingness to overlook my immediate goofs is nice, and smiles are wonderful. Maeve, I didn't know that about crows--thanks. |
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17 Jan 11 - 01:22 PM (#3076512) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: maeve Thanks for the reminder, Jeri. Other kind gestures: poems, warm hospitality, lost songs and photos replaced, hot tea, more laughter, telephone calls, cards in the mail, privacy, friendly smiles... |
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17 Jan 11 - 01:43 PM (#3076524) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Amos I am sure that I owe half my life to the decency and courtesy and kindness of others. I help where I can. I was rushing to a dentist appointment the other day and came upon a lady sitting on the street unable to get up. Turns out she had temporarily lost the use of one foot because of an operation that had gone wrong. She had a lady acconmpanying her but her friend was not strong enough to get her back up and help her to the doctor's office nearby. So I picked her up and got her to the doctor's office. It was on my way. I was glad to help out. Seems to me if you are not willing to help other people get along in their lives you may easily find yourself without help when you need it yourself. But that's not the only reason for random acts of kindness; it's good karma, it cleanses the spirit, and it makes up for all the shit I have storred over the years, at least in part. |
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17 Jan 11 - 08:59 PM (#3076831) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: EllenV For the record, everyone, Kendall did something nice for me today. Thanks, Kendall. |
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17 Jan 11 - 09:00 PM (#3076832) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: EllenV And thank you to you, too, Maeve... |
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17 Jan 11 - 09:33 PM (#3076847) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert Another way to look at it is something I learned from my dad, who BTW also taught Dale Carnegie classes on the side... He said, "If you can't find something of value in another human being then you haven't looked long enough"... I'd like to think that's a part of me... B~ |
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17 Jan 11 - 09:52 PM (#3076856) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle Yeh my Mum was a devotee of dale carnegie and got me to read How to Influence People..... Do we really have to spend our lives waiting cravenly for some noisome dirty dog to show a flicker of niceness? The thing is Bobert... can we afford to spend our lives, turning the other cheek - while Stinker Sam tries to work up the energy to fart down our other nostril? Lets face it. some people just don't like us, and generally we don't like them very much. Presumably you've faced up to this with your music. I always found you needed to have the skin of a rhinoceros to go out gigging - I just decided these buggers weren't going to alter the fact of what I had decided to do with my life. I think that should be a compulsory course in every college preparing kids for a life in the creative arts. Indifference to Assholes 101. |
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17 Jan 11 - 10:24 PM (#3076864) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Bobert No, Alan, we don't... It is an ideal... And we should, at least, give it a try... I know I haven't always done that and sometimes I have and have been surprised... And sometimes folks who you would just write off turn out to have some redeemable qualities... I mean, for year here in the Mud Pit I went at beardedbruce and he at me and then I met him and I like him... Is he a knothead when it comes to politics??? Yeah... But I like him... Go figure??? B~ |
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18 Jan 11 - 05:17 AM (#3076968) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle Oh politics! Nobody can afford to take them too seriously - not in human relationships. Its quite unfathomable how people feel the political sympathies that they do. You get nice people of every party and every shade of the political spectrum. And it has to be said, you get complete tossers - absolute tripehounds whose views coincide entirely with your own. The really strange thing is the way some (otherwise sensible) men are sexually attracted to really mean spirited right wing women - Margaret Thatcher.....this Palin creature.... Weird....! |
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18 Jan 11 - 09:12 AM (#3077081) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Not me. I go for intelligent women with a good sense of humor. |
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18 Jan 11 - 10:23 AM (#3077128) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: Maryrrf I have friends of different political persuasions. I avoid talking politics with them and if they insist, well that puts a real damper on the friendship and I'd be likely to distance myself. My attitude is that we can "agree to disagree". But, my closest friends tend to share my politics. There's something very offputting about someone who thinks it is okay for some people to be excluded from health care because they can't afford it, that gays who want to legalize their union with their partners shouldn't be allowed to, that firearms should be readily available to anyone who wants them with few restrictions,etc. That tells me that in a deep, fundamental way they don't share values that are very important to me, and the friendship will not go beyond a superficial level. Er...Some men are (were) sexually attracted to Margaret Thatcher????? I can't imagine! |
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18 Jan 11 - 01:04 PM (#3077225) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: J-boy Denis was, I suppose... |
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18 Jan 11 - 01:07 PM (#3077229) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall Maryrrf, I couldn't have said it better. |
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18 Jan 11 - 03:33 PM (#3077385) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: jacqui.c As Deb said - it's not about right versus left. What it is about is just being thoughtful on a daily basis, to those we don't know as well as those we do. Would you ask the lady you hold the door open for if she is of the same political alliance as you and then let go the door if she isn't? More to the point, do you check, when you go through a door, whether someone is coming through after you and NOT let the door go in their face? Do you say "Thank you" when someone holds the door for you or when someone stops their car to let you cross the road? We could all do with more common courtesy in our daily lives - maybe by taking the lead and thinking a little more about our effect on other people we might influence others to do the same. Sometimes it is not easy, but with practice maybe we can get better at doing it. |
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18 Jan 11 - 07:35 PM (#3077553) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: kendall My dear, I try to do that every day. |
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19 Jan 11 - 02:01 AM (#3077691) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: J-boy Jacqui and Kendall you are spot on with your comments. I only wish common courtesy wasn't so rare. I always try to practice it but sometimes I feel like a relic whilst doing so. |
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19 Jan 11 - 03:47 AM (#3077709) Subject: RE: BS: I Rarely Post Down Here But... From: katlaughing I think ya'll need to come out for a visit. We still stop for folks crossing to the door of the supermarket, help someone with a flat tire, and find lost pets. When we first moved back from the East my daughter was blown away when a rough looking oil-field guy held the door for her; she didn't know what to do! There are folks who are less than patient and jerks, but if I hold the door for them and I think they need a reminder, I say "You're welcome" in a loud voice. I figure it's a good way to get them to be more aware of what is going on.and maybe pass on the favour in some other way. To stop and smell the roses, even.:-) But, most folks out here are pretty good about being thoughtful, at least face-to-face. Driving is a whole 'nother story. |
