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jabailo
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 1273 Location: Kent (East Hill), WA
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: Altruism |
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While getting my hair cut at the local barber, the tonsurial specialist started carping about his neighbor. He said that a year ago his neighbor had asked him if he could park in a space way at the back of his driveway. The barber thought he meant once...for that day. But a year later the neighbor was always parking there.
At first I sympathized, but then asked "is he blocking a customer parking space". No. "Does he make it difficult for you to get in and out?" No. "Is he annoying you in any way?" No, not really.
Then I said "well, maybe some day you will need a truck to help you haul away stuff and you can call a favor on him". He paused and agreed that yes, maybe, someday, he would.
Then I hit a stronger point. "Are you always here?" Here, being his place of business. "No he said". So, I told him that he should be happy his neighbor parks there so that crooks will think twice about breaking in...seeing that truck there all the time.
Then I gave him a big tip. And he was happy. |
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