POLL - Random Act of Kindness (best, how many, phone, street)

[CaptainRat]

Remember Pay it Forward and Earl Almighty
I posted this on a Las Vegas Forum (different website) and thought that the results were interesting.
Question: How Many Random Acts of Kindness Did you do LAST YEAR? BE HONEST!
Random Act of Kindness < Posted on: December 29, 2008 >

Remember that a "Random Act of Kindness" is something that you do for someone else (usually someone that you don't know - but it doesn't have to be) without ANY expectation of getting ANYTHING in return, except a thank-you OR getting ANY type of gain (money, gift, return act of kindness, etc).

I'll start - I haven't been as generous as I should - I'm at Option 4.
I like to try and do at least one per day.
That's my New Year's Resolution to do my best to do one a day!

Here's an easy one - Return your shopping cart to the lobby at the grocery!

Peace and Best Wishes for a Happy & Prosperous New Year!

An Older Soldier
(Kid 55-74, US Armed Forces 74-96, Quasi-Retired 96-Now)

Been There, Done That - Have too many T-shirts already - nuf said

PS RESULTS For Las Vegas (Only 3 Days) :
Less Than 20 - 0 (0%) 21 to 50 - 6 (46.2%) 51 to 100 - 2 (15.4%)
101 to 250 - 2 (15.4%) More than 250 - 3 (23.1%) Total Voters: 13

[jtur88]

Define "act of Kindness". I assume that any person I encounter in commerce---checkout clerk, telemarketer, whatever---has a crap job working for a crap boss for crap wages. Having me growling at her will make her already-crappy life worse, not mine better. So, is it a random act of kindness for me to resist bichting at them?

[Magnum Mike]

I've done a few, I've seen homeless individuals begging for cash, and I stopped and offered to get them food and water, plus any other items they may have needed. It's hard to weed out those who are just out there to get money and use it for beer and other non-essentials, and out of the many individuals I offered to help out with food, only one guy declined the offer.

One particular case I remember, I was outside of a grocery store early last year, and a mother who had 2 children with her was begging me to help her because she had to leave her abusive husband. She showed me abuse scars, and she was staying with her mother, so I offered to help her pick up some groceries. I only felt a sense of compassion for her children because they were hungry, and her mom didn't have enough food for them.

[Granny Sue]

I never thought to count them. If someone needs help and I'm able to help them, I do so freely and gladly.

Sorry but I hope nobody actually counts.

[Roaddog]

I'm sure it wasn't near as many as I should, it's funny because I have a good friend and if you met him you wouldn't think he would help a soul but i see this guy go out of his way to help people, we were on a motorcycle ride about 100 miles from home, he see's this homeless looking woman in a parking lot and turns in and hands her $20.00, now this guy is tight with his money so I asked him why he would do that and his answer was just she looked like she needed it more than himself, I thought that was cool.

[Miss Blue]

Originally Posted by Kali's Grandma

I never thought to count them. If someone needs help and I'm able to help them, I do so freely and gladly.

Sorry but I hope nobody actually counts.

I agree and do that too Kali's..
I don't try to remember..Just do what seems to be needing done and go on...

[debey]

I don't ''keep count'' either. But I'm not nearly as good as it, as I used to be.............time to ''shape up''!

[Miss Blue]

It just takes a little while to learn all the rules, Capt Rat Welcome to cd..
Thank you for reminding us that there are many opportunities daily to do random acts of kindness..Wasn't it Oprah who had the show about it several years ago and the response was amazing..Seems people were learning that any small act of kindness can create a domino effect and that is wonderful

[moonshadow]

I'm a little bit confused about the definition of "random act of kindness" so I'm having trouble counting.

I wouldn't consider returning the trolley to the trolley rack a random act of kindness, I'd just think it's a necessary part of doing my shopping (EVEN when they don't charge for the trolley ) more like a common courtesy. Same with putting my rubbish in the bin and returning the tray if I eat in a food court at the Mall or anywhere else.

I need to think about this some more.....

[debey]

Random acts of kindness.....well, in our little village, these are some of the things we call RAK's
Raking lawns, for the elderly & NEVER accepting $, for doing it..........
Shoveling snow, so the elderly can get out of their homes, or bringing them their mail...sometimes just a phone call.....
Mowing lawns, branch removal, going for a walk, with the elderly neighbor, or the 1st grader down the street.....
taking the neighbors kids flying kites, or fishing, so Parent(s) get a suprise break......