Posted by AuntieMel on August 24, 2004, at 16:31:22
In reply to Kidneys and Altruism - your thoughts?, posted by JenStar on August 23, 2004, at 20:21:06
Well, with all the meds in me I better keep my kidneys in case I need them.
But "donate money to charities, let someone in during rushhour traffic, smile at a stranger, give away a seat on the bus to an elderly person, etc?" I actually do that stuff, though I'm a little light on the donating money part. It's just what you do here.
The rushhour traffic thing amused me. Someone (either nytimes or timemagazine) went out to time the space between the light turning green and the honk. In our town, no one honked. He thought it must be a fluke, so he did it again - still no honk, and so on.
Someone else did a big letter to the editor of the paper talking about how friendly our drivers are (he'd just moved herre) and how if he is in a parking lot, someone always lets him out onto the streety.
But - I digress. I think doing these things are what make us a civilized world and there can never be too much of it. And I find that if I treat strangers (even grumpy ones) with respect and a smile I get it returned in spades. It's quite selfish, actually.
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