There are still good people

So today a few of my friends and I went out to pizza after a nice session. My one friend and I were p[aying together and we realized we didnt have any money, but the guy was nice enough to let us pay him back tomorrow.

Just thought id shed some light on genuine generosity for anyone who was feelin down about it...

 

i used to go to this cafe with bomb sandwiches, soup, lasagna, you name it
and if i was just waiting with my friends but didnt have money, everytime he would be like ill make you something good and you can pay me back when you have the money
he was such a chilled guy
and if i only had enough for a sandwich or just food he would give me a drink for free too

 

lol that's pretty sad when the nicest thing that's ever happened to you was that someone told you you could pay him back the following day. What has this world come to?
The really nice thing would have been for him to say forget it, it's on me. What can your share be, 5 bucks?

Anyway, that's great. The nicest thing that happened to me lately? My neighbor sold me 2 homegrown buds for 5 bucks the other day, and just last night he just gave me a joint with extrememly good shit just out of the goodness of his heart. I didn't even ask him for anything.

 

uhh he didnt say it was the nicest thing thats ever happened to him but
anywho i love gettin free bud
it puts me in the best mood

 

haha dude I just got lent $5 till tommarow!!! SWEET. I say when you get something like a FREE pizza then thats a good deal.

 

Sadly, we are living in a time where kind gestures and morals are often met with suspicion.

For example, I was once on top the Empire State building and I heard a child SCREAMING. I looked around and saw a 3 year old freaking out, obviously lost from it's parents. People were just walking by, ignoring it, thinking "that's not my problem". I couldn't believe it. So I ran over to the child, and brought them to a less crowded area. The weird thing was a thought flooded my mind that I looked like I was kidnapping this child, I didn't want to look like a bad person and have the mother call the police on me for harming her baby, but I still took the risk.

It's just fucked in general that people can't do a good deed without being met with accusations of wrong doings or having the police called.

 

That is extremely generous of the owner to put that trust into a stranger.

Nothing in life is free, especially a pizza lunch. Running a business isn't easy, especially one such as a pizza restaurant.

So get your heads out your asses.

 

I love when people do little things to make me feel special. or equal. or just human.
what do you do when being nice backfires?
I was pregnant and at a buffet with my hubby (go figure! twins! I was sooooo hungry!) and I went to the potty. there was a little boy playing with a toy in the toilet! eww! but boys will be boys, right? so I askes him to take me to his mommy, and he did, and I politely informed her that her son had been playing in a toilet! she was so mad, she started yelling at me, saying how I have no right to tell her how to raise her son and stupid shit like that!
I would like to know when my son is doing something wrong, or dangerous. Its not like I smacked him or dragged him out of the bathroom, or forced him to wash his hands, he wasn't my kid, but jeez!

rrrrr people these days....

 

Where do you live?

 

Uh no but he did call it "genuine generosity" which I still think is equally sad.

Don't you?

 

of course but this whole world is sad and pathetic anyways

 

thats what i was trying to say. in a world where lending a hand is almost out of the ordinary, when someone does help you out it feels good.

 

Not at all. A kind gesture is just that. The owner has bills and if independent is on his own (rent, health care, employees). He showed trust.

What is sad is that you would have expected more.

 

It's not about expecting anything. A true kind gesture comes from the heart.
Obviously a 5 dollar pizza loan doesn't come from the heart. You'll understand when your older I guess.

I have bills too that never get paid because I never have money for them. I can't afford to go grocery shopping yet I share my meals with my neighbors, and bake for my friends and family. I don't ever except anything in return for my generosity. Certainly I wouldn't ask for the favor back! Lighten up budbill.

 

Older? I am 40 in a few months

When you are older you will realize that any gesture no matter how petty (in your eyes) should be appreciated, certainly one made to strangers. Do not use your own narcissistic good will to justify your position it is your personal choice to not pay your bills and share with "family and friends".

When you open your own business you will understand that supplies/money are never yours (if you think you have homeowner bills a shop owner would make you cry with bills). Besides he does not know if he will be paid back - if he does he does if not

But in the big picture love life and smile to a stranger!

 

budbill just owned jadesmom

 

Did you go to Mountain Mike's Pizza?

 

Riiight.

Now I remember why I stopped coming to this site. It's full of assholes. I'm totally wrong. Giving is overrated. I can't pay my bills because I don't have any money. If I did I would pay them.

I never called the original gesture "petty." I was just surprised that one would write about someone giving them a loan as being so "good."
You can't handle that without insulting me right?

 

I apologize if you felt insulted and feel the need to relegate me to being an "asshole" BUT you must admit giving a loan to a stranger is a nice gesture. I was only pointing out the shortcomings of comparing your experiences to those of another and you did write that you thought considering it a genuine generosity was "sad".

If you feel the need to degrade the good feeling the OP received from the gesture you might want to consider why? and who the asshole really is.

 

thanks budbill. jadesmom, if you went out for pizza and then realized you didnt have any money and then were given a loan from the owner, wouldnt that make you feel good about people in general?