Have You Done a Good Deed Today?

Sundae · 06-06-2008, 12:23 PM

You know what? I always thought of myself as a very charitable person.
What with the Brownies (Girl Scouts) and being brought up in a practical Christian family I believed I was pretty hot on the old Good Deeds front.

But I've looked at this thread a couple of times and been hard pushed to identify anything that wasn't part of work (albeit stretching my job description to the max) or part of my home life - and I can't really count things I do for HM.

Tomorrow I will attempt to do a good deed for a stranger. Ah. Yes, Saturdays are good for me - I often end up popping into Save the Children to buy a book and staying to work behind the till! At the very least I buy The Big Issue from my chap outside the Co-op. And usually get him a soft drink if it's hot (he asked for the first one).

glatt · 06-06-2008, 12:35 PM

I listened to a cow orker who is very emotionally needy or starved for attention or something go on and on about her day yesterday without cutting her off and telling her to wrap up her story. Finally though, after about 47 minutes, I had to cut her off. (My phone has a timer.)

She really doesn't have anyone to talk to in her life. I knew she was a talker and learned years ago to cut her off after a minute or two, but today I decided to just let her go. I lost patience after about 45 minutes though, and it took 2 minutes for me to find an opening to cut her off. I wonder if she is so used to being cut off in every conversation, she is unable to stop talking on her own?

So anyway, I think it was a good deed, but now talking about her behind her back negates any karma points I built up.

06-06-2008, 12:23 PM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You know what? I always thought of myself as a very charitable person. What with the Brownies (Girl Scouts) and being brought up in a practical Christian family I believed I was pretty hot on the old Good Deeds front. But I've looked at this thread a couple of times and been hard pushed to identify anything that wasn't part of work (albeit stretching my job description to the max) or part of my home life - and I can't really count things I do for HM. Tomorrow I will attempt to do a good deed for a stranger. Ah. Yes, Saturdays are good for me - I often end up popping into Save the Children to buy a book and staying to work behind the till! At the very least I buy The Big Issue from my chap outside the Co-op. And usually get him a soft drink if it's hot (he asked for the first one). __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-06-2008, 12:35 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I listened to a cow orker who is very emotionally needy or starved for attention or something go on and on about her day yesterday without cutting her off and telling her to wrap up her story. Finally though, after about 47 minutes, I had to cut her off. (My phone has a timer.) She really doesn't have anyone to talk to in her life. I knew she was a talker and learned years ago to cut her off after a minute or two, but today I decided to just let her go. I lost patience after about 45 minutes though, and it took 2 minutes for me to find an opening to cut her off. I wonder if she is so used to being cut off in every conversation, she is unable to stop talking on her own? So anyway, I think it was a good deed, but now talking about her behind her back negates any karma points I built up.

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