who gives their bus seat to the older lady or older gentleman?
who helps the senior citizen load their groceries into their car's trunk?
boy scouts do... and some dude named chadwick
i guess brownie points are piling up
mostly it feels good to help someone out
and some dude named Hugh Freaking Dillon. It actually angers me the amount of people, teenagers, adults, professionals, you name it, don't even LOOK UP when an elderly/physically challenged/single parent gets on the bus, making the small child stand on a moving bus while they sit there and text to the person next to them. I don't even sit in the front seats unless the bus is nearly empty.
they also refuse to move to the back of the goddamn bus because they for some reason fear there is no return from there..."I'll never get out if I move past the back door!". It's all about "me". When I get off the bus, I make sure to hold the door open for anyone who might still be fighting their way through to get out, so they don't miss their stop.
it's simple common courtesy that people seem to be missing these days, and those little things add up.
we have a free paper here, called The Metro, that's given out by a an employee to all the people walking by. She holds them out for people to grab. Some people don't even freaking acknowledge her; they just keep their head down and ignore. I look her in the eye every morning and say "no thank you" with a smile. She deserves respect for being out there all summer in +40 heat and all winter in -40.
I often tell my wife I want to move to a small town where people actually hold the door open and say good morning even, MY GOD, to a stranger!
it's not salespeople.
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
and I also feel the need to note this: I am a gen-xer (38). And this issue is cross-generational. Baby boomers, gen-X, gen-Y. People are rude across the board.
it's how society has become because life has sped up considerably, and the small things are what get pushed aside.
I see kids, adults, as I said professionals, even some elderly folks, not many, but some, are rude.
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
one of the things I find the saddest about all of this; it has gone so far in the other direction, that some people give you weird looks when you are nice to them, because it's so rare now, people assume you have an ulterior motive for being nice, like you are going to take advantage of them somehow.
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Someone posted an article above our copy machine here at work, by Ben Stein - "Connected Yes, But Hermetically Sealed"...from a few years ago, I believe, but still applies.
It talks of how people are so in their own worlds, the days of walking down the street and looking someone in the eye, smiling, acknowledging them, are long-gone. I can't tell you how many people I encounter every damn day who are looking down, whose eyes are glued to their phone, who are unaware a world is happening around them.
I won't ever stop being considerate of others, but I WILL laugh when some self-absorbed nitwit gets theirs.
Someone posted an article above our copy machine here at work, by Ben Stein - "Connected Yes, But Hermetically Sealed"...from a few years ago, I believe, but still applies.
It talks of how people are so in their own worlds, the days of walking down the street and looking someone in the eye, smiling, acknowledging them, are long-gone. I can't tell you how many people I encounter every damn day who are looking down, whose eyes are glued to their phone, who are unaware a world is happening around them.
I won't ever stop being considerate of others, but I WILL laugh when some self-absorbed nitwit gets theirs.
just last night, I drove to 7-11 to get some bus tickets for my daughter. This idiot is walking through the parking lot, eyes on his phone, slow as a turtle, while I'm trying to park. I nearly bumped into him just to teach him a lesson. The cab driver in the spot next to me just smiled and shook his head. He probably sees this nonsense all the time. How frustrating to drive for a living these days.
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Someone posted an article above our copy machine here at work, by Ben Stein - "Connected Yes, But Hermetically Sealed"...from a few years ago, I believe, but still applies.
It talks of how people are so in their own worlds, the days of walking down the street and looking someone in the eye, smiling, acknowledging them, are long-gone. I can't tell you how many people I encounter every damn day who are looking down, whose eyes are glued to their phone, who are unaware a world is happening around them.
I won't ever stop being considerate of others, but I WILL laugh when some self-absorbed nitwit gets theirs.
just last night, I drove to 7-11 to get some bus tickets for my daughter. This idiot is walking through the parking lot, eyes on his phone, slow as a turtle, while I'm trying to park. I nearly bumped into him just to teach him a lesson. The cab driver in the spot next to me just smiled and shook his head. He probably sees this nonsense all the time. How frustrating to drive for a living these days.
Someone posted an article above our copy machine here at work, by Ben Stein - "Connected Yes, But Hermetically Sealed"...from a few years ago, I believe, but still applies.
It talks of how people are so in their own worlds, the days of walking down the street and looking someone in the eye, smiling, acknowledging them, are long-gone. I can't tell you how many people I encounter every damn day who are looking down, whose eyes are glued to their phone, who are unaware a world is happening around them.
I won't ever stop being considerate of others, but I WILL laugh when some self-absorbed nitwit gets theirs.
I saw a guy this morning who was trying to text while he was out for a jog. :fp:
Anyway, I agree about the porches - and I thinkt that's another thing that's more common in the South. When I was growing up, people sat out on their front porches drinking coffee in the morning and sweet tea in the evening and chatting with all the neighbors and people who stolled by. I was visiting a friend recently in a little planned community where every house had a front porch and it reminded me of old times. And, from what my friend told me and what I observed, the people in that community are really neighborly. I think every house should have a front porch! :P
Sorry to sound blunt, but just the idea of your job being to push a product to the public to buy is just completely against my values. And I majored in media marketing in college. I'm not trying to put you personally down, it's the industry I have a problem with. They not only worship the almighty dollar, they push the concept of money worship and materialism on everyone else for a living. (not to mention that it is you who said that a sales friend of yours views people as morons...)
hmmm i would rather gouge out my eyeballs than work in retail. this has long been my feeling on the subject. even walking into a mall makes me feel extremely uncomfortable. however... my feelings fall short when my perfect job would be to work in a bookstore 'pushing the product' on the public. i would have zero problem recommending books to people... same goes for music tbh.
Yeah, books and music are different. Especially used books and music, I love it when someone pushes their latest interest in music on me; it's more of a way of sharing their interests. But stay away if you're attempting to sell anything else!
Someone posted an article above our copy machine here at work, by Ben Stein - "Connected Yes, But Hermetically Sealed"...from a few years ago, I believe, but still applies.
It talks of how people are so in their own worlds, the days of walking down the street and looking someone in the eye, smiling, acknowledging them, are long-gone. I can't tell you how many people I encounter every damn day who are looking down, whose eyes are glued to their phone, who are unaware a world is happening around them.
I won't ever stop being considerate of others, but I WILL laugh when some self-absorbed nitwit gets theirs.
While I notice this too, lately I've been noticing strangers who look up and smile while walking by, sometimes even extending a 'hello'. Sometimes it's surprises me, but it's always a good feeling and I always make sure I smile back.
hmmm i would rather gouge out my eyeballs than work in retail. this has long been my feeling on the subject. even walking into a mall makes me feel extremely uncomfortable. however... my feelings fall short when my perfect job would be to work in a bookstore 'pushing the product' on the public. i would have zero problem recommending books to people... same goes for music tbh.
Yeah, books and music are different. Especially used books and music, I love it when someone pushes their latest interest in music on me; it's more of a way of sharing their interests. But stay away if you're attempting to sell anything else!
people can be legitimately passionate about anything they are selling. it doesn't have to be considered "art" to be passionate about it.
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
who gives their bus seat to the older lady or older gentleman?
who helps the senior citizen load their groceries into their car's trunk?
boy scouts do... and some dude named chadwick
i guess brownie points are piling up
mostly it feels good to help someone out
and some dude named Hugh Freaking Dillon. It actually angers me the amount of people, teenagers, adults, professionals, you name it, don't even LOOK UP when an elderly/physically challenged/single parent gets on the bus, making the small child stand on a moving bus while they sit there and text to the person next to them. I don't even sit in the front seats unless the bus is nearly empty.
they also refuse to move to the back of the goddamn bus because they for some reason fear there is no return from there..."I'll never get out if I move past the back door!". It's all about "me". When I get off the bus, I make sure to hold the door open for anyone who might still be fighting their way through to get out, so they don't miss their stop.
it's simple common courtesy that people seem to be missing these days, and those little things add up.
we have a free paper here, called The Metro, that's given out by a an employee to all the people walking by. She holds them out for people to grab. Some people don't even freaking acknowledge her; they just keep their head down and ignore. I look her in the eye every morning and say "no thank you" with a smile. She deserves respect for being out there all summer in +40 heat and all winter in -40.
I often tell my wife I want to move to a small town where people actually hold the door open and say good morning even, MY GOD, to a stranger! it's not salespeople.
that's the ticket, sir! small town living... it be awesome. it is so friendly it is ridiculous at times. complete strangers wave to one another here in iowa. 2 lane highway or gravel road, when the two cars meet 90% chance you'll get waved at or the wave men do it, the ol' one finger lifted off the steering wheel typea wave. awesome....
i've said it a billions times & i'll say it again... iowa be the best place.
when i moved to washington state it was great times but it isn't the same. why isn't it the same? the level of friendliness lacks quite a lot and i was living in a little fishing village of 2000 people on the ocean. turns out that was the problem. i wasn't born & raised up from there. but the smokin grass was killerdiller style to bad them fuckers don't know how to operate their business. they be having 900 chiefs. everyone be the king. which means it fails due to ignorance, greed, and ignorance again.
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Just driving down the street complete strangers, big old smile and a wave...
I kept thinking do I know that person
We've had a huge front porch at both houses since we moved here. We are front
porch people and we wave now too
often with this cranked up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhcnKYvzfZc
friendly is as friendly does
and some dude named Hugh Freaking Dillon. It actually angers me the amount of people, teenagers, adults, professionals, you name it, don't even LOOK UP when an elderly/physically challenged/single parent gets on the bus, making the small child stand on a moving bus while they sit there and text to the person next to them. I don't even sit in the front seats unless the bus is nearly empty.
they also refuse to move to the back of the goddamn bus because they for some reason fear there is no return from there..."I'll never get out if I move past the back door!". It's all about "me". When I get off the bus, I make sure to hold the door open for anyone who might still be fighting their way through to get out, so they don't miss their stop.
it's simple common courtesy that people seem to be missing these days, and those little things add up.
we have a free paper here, called The Metro, that's given out by a an employee to all the people walking by. She holds them out for people to grab. Some people don't even freaking acknowledge her; they just keep their head down and ignore. I look her in the eye every morning and say "no thank you" with a smile. She deserves respect for being out there all summer in +40 heat and all winter in -40.
I often tell my wife I want to move to a small town where people actually hold the door open and say good morning even, MY GOD, to a stranger!
it's not salespeople.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
it's how society has become because life has sped up considerably, and the small things are what get pushed aside.
I see kids, adults, as I said professionals, even some elderly folks, not many, but some, are rude.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
It talks of how people are so in their own worlds, the days of walking down the street and looking someone in the eye, smiling, acknowledging them, are long-gone. I can't tell you how many people I encounter every damn day who are looking down, whose eyes are glued to their phone, who are unaware a world is happening around them.
I won't ever stop being considerate of others, but I WILL laugh when some self-absorbed nitwit gets theirs.
just last night, I drove to 7-11 to get some bus tickets for my daughter. This idiot is walking through the parking lot, eyes on his phone, slow as a turtle, while I'm trying to park. I nearly bumped into him just to teach him a lesson. The cab driver in the spot next to me just smiled and shook his head. He probably sees this nonsense all the time. How frustrating to drive for a living these days.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Idiots and their phones...................
I saw a guy this morning who was trying to text while he was out for a jog. :fp:
Anyway, I agree about the porches - and I thinkt that's another thing that's more common in the South. When I was growing up, people sat out on their front porches drinking coffee in the morning and sweet tea in the evening and chatting with all the neighbors and people who stolled by. I was visiting a friend recently in a little planned community where every house had a front porch and it reminded me of old times. And, from what my friend told me and what I observed, the people in that community are really neighborly. I think every house should have a front porch! :P
Yeah, books and music are different. Especially used books and music, I love it when someone pushes their latest interest in music on me; it's more of a way of sharing their interests. But stay away if you're attempting to sell anything else!
While I notice this too, lately I've been noticing strangers who look up and smile while walking by, sometimes even extending a 'hello'. Sometimes it's surprises me, but it's always a good feeling and I always make sure I smile back.
people can be legitimately passionate about anything they are selling. it doesn't have to be considered "art" to be passionate about it.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
that's the ticket, sir! small town living... it be awesome. it is so friendly it is ridiculous at times. complete strangers wave to one another here in iowa. 2 lane highway or gravel road, when the two cars meet 90% chance you'll get waved at or the wave men do it, the ol' one finger lifted off the steering wheel typea wave. awesome....
i've said it a billions times & i'll say it again... iowa be the best place.
when i moved to washington state it was great times but it isn't the same. why isn't it the same? the level of friendliness lacks quite a lot and i was living in a little fishing village of 2000 people on the ocean. turns out that was the problem. i wasn't born & raised up from there. but the smokin grass was killerdiller style
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce