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opinionista:
Here are some small acts of help I do sometimes. I'm not sure if they make a big difference but it sure puts a smile on people faces.
1. Buy a bottle of water and a sandwich (or anything to eat) to a homeless person.
2. If I notice the person before me in the supermarket line does not have enough money to pay for all the groceries, I try to cover what she/he needs to complete the payment. It is usually a dollar (euro) or less. In Puerto Rico a lot of people do that. If you need a dime, a quarter or a dollar to complete the amount due for your groceries there's usually someone behind you willing to pay it for you.
3. Pay for someone else's subway ticket or bus, if I can.
4. Look at a beggars's faces and smile when I give them money.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: David on October 30, 2007, 03:08:19 am ---That's a damn shame then. It's a sad, sad world when folks can't smile at each other anymore. :(
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Is is. Some men are never able to relate to a woman as a human being. To some guys, women are either potential sex partners or they're nothing and so they don't acknowledge them - the term I see used more and more is 'being invisible'. :(
--- Quote ---2. If I notice the person before me in the supermarket line does not have enough money to pay for all the groceries, I try to cover what she/he needs to complete the payment. It is usually a dollar (euro) or less. In Puerto Rico a lot of people do that. If you need a dime, a quarter or a dollar to complete the amount due for your groceries there's usually someone behind you willing to pay it for you.
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Happens here in the U.S. too. A friend of mine was at the re-sale shop (Goodwill) trying to buy a $5.99 dress. She didn't have the 99 cents and a man behind her in line offered to pay the difference for her...which I thought was nice. However, my friend had gone to the Goodwill straight from work, wearing a silk dress, wanting to buy a 'bag lady' dress for Halloween, the reason she was hesitating was that she only had a $5 bill...she didn't want to break the $50 bill she had in her purse for 99 cents. :laugh:
She didn't know whether to feel embarrassed or insulted by the man's nice gesture.
opinionista:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on November 04, 2007, 11:07:34 am ---Happens here in the U.S. too.
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It doesn't happen in Spain, which surprises me. The other day I gave an euro to an old lady so she could complete her groceries, and she was so shocked at my gesture. She thanked me over and over again.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: David on October 30, 2007, 03:08:19 am ---That's a damn shame then. It's a sad, sad world when folks can't smile at each other anymore. :(
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We can smile all we want (we are existentially free to do so), but there could be some unfortunate misunderstandings caused by this very simple and very human gesture. And that is a damn shame! :-\
Lumière:
It got lively in here! ;) I lost count of where we were, but I'd love to compile a list of all these ideas ...
How about something simple like not littering the streets. I've seen folks dump their empty bags of chips and candy bars on the pavement when there is a garbage can less than 6 feet away.
I once sat beside a very well dressed young man on the train who not only left his garbage on his seat when he left, but kept spitting all over the floor where he sat - in a moving train! ???
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