Have You Done a Good Deed Today?

fargon · 06-04-2008, 01:49 PM

I Have not, and probably won't!

TheMercenary · 06-04-2008, 02:02 PM

Everyday I work.

Flint · 06-04-2008, 02:37 PM

Word.

:::tries to do a fancy black-guy handshake but fails awkwardly:::

classicman · 06-04-2008, 03:51 PM

I gave up - Every time I do a good deed I end up getting in trouble for it - or things get worse somehow. The heck with that - I'm gonna try being selfish and mean - see how that works out. I'll keep you posted.

Kagen4o4 · 06-04-2008, 04:00 PM

i masturbated in private today instead of in front of the girls high school...does that count?

monster · 06-04-2008, 05:29 PM

yes. just right now. and it's made me late

Sheldonrs · 06-04-2008, 05:48 PM

I helped the maint. lady clear the cig. butts from the ashtrays while I was on break outside my office. She was glad and it passed the time a little.

Undertoad · 06-04-2008, 06:29 PM

Drove my co-worker to the train station. He's a good guy and it helps him take the public transportation. So he can get into work with a bad hangover.

Accepted my "satisfactory" yearly rating and sub-inflation raise without making a big fuss. Nobody likes a fuss over something like that, especially if they consider you "satisfactory", i.e., 2 stars out of 4, not quite enough to make "good", the sort of employee we tolerate, a warm body type.

WR4981EF · 06-06-2008, 09:20 AM

I went to a convenience store this morning to buy a cup of coffee on the way to work. Some guy was making his coffee next to me, then went to the counter to pay, leaving his wallet on the counter next to me. I know how much trouble it would be to cancel everything, etc, so I went to the checkout counter and asked the guy if it was his wallet back on the counter. To this he replied grumpily, "Yeah, I was going back there to get it!". No "Thank You", nothing. My good deed for today. I guess I should apologize for people like that!

HungLikeJesus · 06-06-2008, 11:00 AM

If you do something nice for a friend or relative, does that classify as a good deed? I don't think so. And I like to consider everyone as a friend, so I never do any good deeds.

SteveDallas · 06-06-2008, 11:50 AM

I stayed home from work, thereby relieving my coworkers of the need to put up with me.

HungLikeJesus · 06-06-2008, 11:52 AM

What about us, SD?

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.

SteveDallas · 06-06-2008, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

What about us, SD?

You're SOL.

06-04-2008, 01:49 PM	#1
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06-04-2008, 02:02 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Everyday I work. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-04-2008, 02:37 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Word. :::tries to do a fancy black-guy handshake but fails awkwardly::: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 06-04-2008 at 02:42 PM.

06-04-2008, 03:51 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I gave up - Every time I do a good deed I end up getting in trouble for it - or things get worse somehow. The heck with that - I'm gonna try being selfish and mean - see how that works out. I'll keep you posted. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-04-2008, 04:00 PM	#5
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	i masturbated in private today instead of in front of the girls high school...does that count? __________________ something we both can enjoy??

06-04-2008, 05:29 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yes. just right now. and it's made me late __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-04-2008, 05:48 PM	#7
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I helped the maint. lady clear the cig. butts from the ashtrays while I was on break outside my office. She was glad and it passed the time a little. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

06-04-2008, 06:29 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Drove my co-worker to the train station. He's a good guy and it helps him take the public transportation. So he can get into work with a bad hangover. Accepted my "satisfactory" yearly rating and sub-inflation raise without making a big fuss. Nobody likes a fuss over something like that, especially if they consider you "satisfactory", i.e., 2 stars out of 4, not quite enough to make "good", the sort of employee we tolerate, a warm body type.

06-06-2008, 09:20 AM	#9
WR4981EF Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 6	I went to a convenience store this morning to buy a cup of coffee on the way to work. Some guy was making his coffee next to me, then went to the counter to pay, leaving his wallet on the counter next to me. I know how much trouble it would be to cancel everything, etc, so I went to the checkout counter and asked the guy if it was his wallet back on the counter. To this he replied grumpily, "Yeah, I was going back there to get it!". No "Thank You", nothing. My good deed for today. I guess I should apologize for people like that!

06-06-2008, 11:00 AM	#10
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	If you do something nice for a friend or relative, does that classify as a good deed? I don't think so. And I like to consider everyone as a friend, so I never do any good deeds. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-06-2008, 11:50 AM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I stayed home from work, thereby relieving my coworkers of the need to put up with me.

06-06-2008, 11:52 AM	#12
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	What about us, SD? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-06-2008, 12:23 PM	#13
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	#14
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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