Eturnalshift wrote:
Azelma, don't take Aestu seriously on this matter. Remember the firefighters that came out to Aestu's apartment to replace the fire alarm battery? Do any of us believe that Aestu sent them a Thank You card with money in it? What about the people who work at the college Aestu attends... do you think any of them got a card with money in it? Every day Aestu could encounter any number of people who provide a service (which is their job, like driving or maintaining mass transit, preparing his food or whatever else), and I doubt they get extra special consideration - After all, they are simply human filler doing what they do. His parents, who've provided more for Aestu than he'd like to admit, probably didn't get so much as a fucking 'Thank You', yet this prick is going to tell others what the "right thing to do" is?
You don't know what you're talking about. I make a point of being gracious when someone goes above and beyond what is expected of them. I make a point of being generous when it is appropriate, e.g., tips etc.
Not everyone is as small-spirited as you.
Azelma wrote:
Please tell me where I said I thought the point was to make myself feel good? I was saying the point is that if it makes his life shitty then I guess that's a good thing, and I shouldn't feel bad about "doing the right thing" as you yourself say.
I don't understand how any of this makes me a coward.
Because you're actually factoring your "feeling bad" in. Part of courage is dealing with unpleasant emotions. Doing what is right and having the courage to ask yourself what you are feeling and why and whether it is right or correct.
Azelma wrote:
Still, you have yet to address the fact that I was (just did this morning) going to donate to the general doorman fund. Now this particular doorman will get a share of that...so he has in essence "double dipped" while the other doormen will have no such luxury.
Is that fair, Aestu?
You tell me. Would you approve if you got paid the same as your co-workers no matter their level of assertiveness/competence? Why is it you're on better terms with this person?
This free-market, individual initiative stuff sure looks different when the shoe is on the other foot, doesn't it? You have this vision of yourself as some sort of self-empowered free man, but when you look at someone else dealing with the same problems in the same way you just see him as one level above a bum.
Usdk wrote:
Aestu thinks everyone's a coward dude, don't worry about it.
It's close to the truth. Do you think courage is a common virtue, especially in today's world?