What would you do??
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One thing I've noticed in my life... People need to get a bit better at accepting gratitude and compliments. It is somewhat annoying when an offer of gratitude is turned into a bit of a battle. It's polite to turn it down once. After that, it's far more polite to accept than to continue to attempt to turn it down.
If you feel bad about taking it, you could always drop it in some homeless person's cup, or in a Salvation Army kettle or something.
What I usually do, is tell the person the best reward for their gratitude to me would be their promise to stop and help someone in need next time they see it.
If you feel bad about taking it, you could always drop it in some homeless person's cup, or in a Salvation Army kettle or something.
What I usually do, is tell the person the best reward for their gratitude to me would be their promise to stop and help someone in need next time they see it.
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Definately would have done the same thing with the pay it forward advise. I don't like it when someone insists on me taking payment for helping out a brother. So now before the insisting starts I'll tell them to pass it on.
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I'd have said, "No, No, NO, I don't want anything, that's fine, don't worry about it", after he offered the second time I'd say "ok, thanks" snap the 20 from his fingers, see ya, thanks.
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Any time someone gives me money that I don't think I deserve, I donate it to an organization that helps kids. I figure I didn't want it to begin with so let it help someone that needs it.
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One thing I've noticed in my life... People need to get a bit better at accepting gratitude and compliments. It is somewhat annoying when an offer of gratitude is turned into a bit of a battle. It's polite to turn it down once. After that, it's far more polite to accept than to continue to attempt to turn it down.
If you feel bad about taking it, you could always drop it in some homeless person's cup, or in a Salvation Army kettle or something.
What I usually do, is tell the person the best reward for their gratitude to me would be their promise to stop and help someone in need next time they see it.
If you feel bad about taking it, you could always drop it in some homeless person's cup, or in a Salvation Army kettle or something.
What I usually do, is tell the person the best reward for their gratitude to me would be their promise to stop and help someone in need next time they see it.
Exactly right on all counts.
