I was walking down to the store a few minutes ago, and I was walking without my shoes on. After a while I put them back on after a kind man warned me about the glass on the ground. A woman drove up while I was walking and rolled down her window to give me something when she had an epiphany of sorts. She looked at me and said, "You're not homeless!" I laughed and shook my head, and she began apologizing profusely. I told her it was fine and what she was doing to help the homeless was beautiful because she fed the homeless. Knowing that there are beautiful souls like that made my day wonderful. Has anyone else had experiences like that?
awww that is very sweet^^ Yeah I;ve had it when walking in this little gift shop, the owner was all enthusiastic in a genuine way, and he told me I looked dashing because of my rainbow coloured vest And the shop owners of an organic shop down my block are oh so nice every time they see me walking in they ask me how I am doing and remember things I told them before way more personal then a supermarket
Aw, it makes me happy that you reacted so well to it. I know a lot of people who probably would have bitched her out. Good job being positive.
I didn't find it insulting at all that she did that. @SpaceChive: That's so cool. The closest to an organic shop by my house is the Sunflower Market, so I'm there all the time. I haven't had a chance to actually speak to anyone, but living in Vegas usually means that the workers are grumpy and despise their lives. I remember helping out a worker in Wal-Mart and they bitched me out for it.
thats mean I notice that people in the supermarket usually are kinda grumpy. Some are very kind though. When I DO go to a supermarket theres this guy at the counter that recognizes me all the time and asks me how I'm doing. But some, like the selfpeople are kinda grumpy and only work there for the money. People at organic stores are I guess also there to improve something. I actually attract hobo's as well (not in a weird way I guess, they just like talking to me) they tend to hang around for at least an hour to talk about politics and life woth me. sometimes im a bit scared because some are kinda creepy, but theres this really sweet man who sells the papers in front of a dept store (here in holland they sell "streetmagazine" in order to make some money) and he always tells me how nice the weather is, and when I buy his paper he is beaming with joy Makes me happy
There is usually a homeless (or at least I think they are) person sitting on this bench by a closed down Albertson's by my house, usually a different one every time I walk by there. I usually always smile or say hello to them when I walk by, and sometimes they reply and we have short conversation. It's always funny to me when you meet people that society usually views as mean or rude, and they turn out to be extraordinarily kind.
yeah its a good thing too! Then maybe eventually people can see through the rags and look at someone, really very similar to thém!
You can seriously never tell. I remember as a child there was this old woman who everybody thought was crazy or something. She was a hermit who lived way up ion the hills by herself. I always begged my parents to drive by her house so I could see her 75 dogs, 20 goats, and 2 cows, all running loose everywhere... Punks would put firecrackers in her mailbox, toss rocks thru her windows, you get the picture... Well, when I was 19 we decided we wanted some goats and we went to her house (more out of curiosity than anything). Turned out she was simply lonely. But more than that, she was a GENIOUS who belonged to many record and book and magazine clubs, read everything she could get her hands on, and could speak knowledgebly on any subject, plus she had the widest taste in music of anyone I ever met. But her house was totally unlivable due to dogs and goats everywhere. Go figure. Now, I can see myself becoming THAT. Sort of. Yep, ya just never know.
You're totally right, earthmother... you just never can tell. I try not to make judgements about people I don't know, but sometimes I just can't help it. I love it when I'm pleasantly surprised and maybe my slight prejudices are highlighted. It's wonderfully humbling. It's amazing what you can learn by simply engaging with someone.
