I'm never mean to strangers!!

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I NEVER yell at strangers...ever. I could never. I just think it's such a horrible thing to do. How can you just attack someone you don't even know?! How do you know if they're just having a tough time because their mother just died or something?! It's crazy how people are completely rude to employees in stores and waiters in restaurants and yell at them for getting their food wrong or for not doing something right...or when people honk for 10 minutes and put up the middle finger when driving. Really??? You're really going to spread that much negativity??? Just because the person made a mistake???? I just could never live with myself. I just don't get how people can do that. You don't even KNOW the person. What gives you the right to yell at them and treat them like that?? But then when their own family member or best friend does something mean to them, they can't even confront them. How does that make any sense...?

I'm not just saying this either to sound like a saint or something...I truly in my heart just cannot be mean to strangers. I just would never want to.

It's not that I'm afraid to confront people...if I feel that I'm being taken advantage of or treated badly (which very rarely happens anyway) I take charge of the situation and find a respectful, polite way to fix things.

People always say that nice people finish last...and I think that's completely stupid. I've never been anything but nice and kind and polite to strangers...and I find that's almost ALWAYS what I receive in return. I also find that the people who put up the middle finger or give a snotty remark to someone who just bumped into them by accident are the people that constantly find themselves dealing with rudeness and disrespect. I really, truly believe that what comes around goes around...but no one seems to agree with me.

Is this normal or am I crazy....?

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  • stealinsugars
    14 years ago

    It's normal but unfortunately it's not common behavior. The world would be a better place if everyone thought as you do.

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  • so_damn_unpretty
    13 years ago

    im with you. in kindergarten we were taught "the golden rule" which is too treat others the way you would like to be treated. if a five year old can understand this concept i have no idea how so many adults can't. btw normal and nice :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Wow. Totaly right.

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  • NorwegianOrange
    14 years ago

    I'm the same :D

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  • acharmedlife
    14 years ago

    normal if you have a good soul (: im the same way.

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  • ThePenultimateDance
    14 years ago

    This is totally normal - I'm just the same. I find it absolutely despicable when people randomly attack or shout at strangers. Ugh.

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  • emptiness
    14 years ago

    Normal? No.
    Crazy? No.
    A good person? Yes (hopefully).

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  • thundercat
    14 years ago

    And what about all those clerks and waiters being rude to consumers? All those that bump into you not accidentally but purposely to play at feeling bad and tough?
    You talk about strangers as if the 'strangers' were a separate class. Those that you mention are rude and disrespectful are 'strangers' themselves.
    I think that your position, respectable as is in the bottom line, is badly stated and is seen as a kind of impractical Ghandism.
    The point, as I see it, is not to not be rude to 'strangers' in general because they are 'strangers', but that one should ever try to deal with and fix things in a peaceful and courteous way, and, anyway, not initiate hostilities oneself. Not only with strangers but with no one.

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