Do You Need A Reason...

I may not return it right away, but I remember it.

 

nope.

 

Living according to some variant of the Golden Rule is sensible and wise. And in my opinion - essential - if we are to survive as a species.

 

Well, at least I tried to be optimistic

 

I am polite- sort of a default setting... but too many people deserve to be verbally drawn and quartered. In those cases my best bet is to simply ignore- pretend they are not there. If it weren't for the uncivil, the courteous folks wouldn't have as much value so they all serve a purpose in one way or another.

 

Comes naturally. It's the way I was raised. Although I don't interact with people much, I always go for a laugh wherever I am.

 

I treat everybody like a friend, until they prove themselves to be unworthy. Then I just treat them kind of neutrally.

I'm rarely ever mean though. Only when somebody crosses a line, then I'm a force to be reckoned with.

 

Just knowing that you might make someone happy should be all the stimulus you should need to be kind to someone.

 

I do not need a reason and I have found in life I have been fortunate enough to have received far more back than I am sure I have given.

I never forget a kindness and return it when I can or sometimes pass it on to another as the situation arises.

I always forget a slight as it serves little or no purpose in my life. Takes too much room to keep it.

 

a lot of times it is. but in what way is that not a reason for doing so?

 

I've always been empathetic to the point where if I hurt someone else's feelings, I end up hurting my own in the process. I really have no interest in making people feel less than wonderful when talking to them, so I always put a smile on my face when dealing with people.

Plus I think life is way too short to be anything but happy, and slapping a scowl on your face and being rude to people for no reason breeds unhappiness.

 

The only reason I can think of for not doing so is if it's a person who has proven time and again that they are a terrible/hurtful person. Then they should be avoided.

 

That's me as well, I always forget a slight.....or at least do my best too, because holding on to stuff like that seems to just make me a bitter person.

Sometimes even when I have a reason to be rude to someone, I will go out of my way not to be.

 

You guys are nice people.

I, on the other hand, love a good confrontation. I almost relish the moment I see some ignorant prick do something bad.

 

I also don't need a reason to rock.

 

Oh, I get a massive thrill out of being an asshole, but I'm just not quick witted enough. That's why I save my assholery for forums such as this one. I've got time to come up with witty comebacks.

 

I'm a huge smart ass and can occasionally have a pretty quick wit but I just can't bring myself to use that quick wit to hurt people. I feel sorry for my ex boyfriends,they're the only ones that really got that side of the coin. I do enjoy being a smart ass to people in jest, and I'm sure there are people out there who take me too seriously and think I'm a big bitch lol. I've been told quite a few times in my life that I seem like i'm all rainbows and butterflies and sugary sweetness until you get to know me and realize i'm such a smart ass.

 

it depends on my mood

 

made me lol thinking of that guy you work/worked with :2thumbsup:

 

Im always nice and friendly towards others. Ive never been mean to anyone, even to those who have treated me very badly. And even though mean-ness is all I would recieve from the vast majority of people. I think I'm completely incapable of being mean to anyone, which I think is both my greatest strength, and my greatest weakness.

Ive just always lived by the rule, treat others as you'd wish to be treated yourself. It's just a shame that most other people seem to not have this attitude.