Helpful actions |
I thought to myself, 'self... how many times have we bemoaned the useless "help" that so many try to provide? how many times have we wanted to explain to people that if they would just think a few minutes past the immediate self-congratulatory feeling they were after, they would realize they aren't doing me any favors?'. Of course, myself agreed completely.
Ok, you got 2 second to get your ass across that street... Then it's pancake time! |
Look for the break in traffic... Wait for it... Wait for it... |
Sometimes I would attempt to wave this stupid-but-nice person along, hoping to avoid the auto flow choke, but half the time they would ignore or insistently gesture me across the street, never realizing that should I do that, I would DIE by the oncoming traffic in the other two lanes. Maybe they weren't trying to be nice. Maybe they were trying to kill me!
Anyways, the point of this is that steady and smooth flow of traffic is much more important than the empty, useless gesture of stopping in the middle of the road.
A good deed in theory... |
*This is meant to be "you" the general populace, not "you" the reader necessarily.
And this advice is, by no means, meant to be limited to only traffic situations, or holding doors (which, btw, is almost ALWAYS helpful - I'm talking to YOU, idiot who always drops the door on me when my hands are full). THINK about what you are doing... not just the joy you will feel knowing that someone will "owe you one," or feel "so incredibly grateful" for your Mother-Teresa-like generosity. Because that isn't why you should do nice things anyways.
"Random" doesn't mean "head up butt" |
A little forethought is always the best gift to give.
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FYI, here are some people who agree:
When Lending a Hand Isn’t Helpful
Helicopter Parenting
The right thing to do
Disadvantages of being nice
While I often enjoy an honest and open opinion, I was quite offended at all of the "idiot" and "dumbass" referals to people in this world who did what they could at the moment to help you, wanted or not. Perhaps if you had taken the time to look at it from another perspective, or been grateful at least for their attempt at kindness, you could have gained some joy at the thought that someone opened their lives to You... for just a moment, to try to do something nice for you. I'll take an attempt at kindness over blatant rudeness anyday. To be grateful would bring happiness. It's all in your mindset.
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