It’s great to do a good deed. For example, giving up your seat on a bus to an elderly person, if you are young and healthy. But many people take kindness for weakness and start to be insolent. And this is where it is important not to let the offenders off the hook.
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I was once traveling on a jam-packed bus. An elderly woman got on at a stop. One girl, seeing this, gave up her seat and stood next to her. I looked at this and smiled quietly to myself.
It’s packed, we all shake when the bus makes a turn. Suddenly I hear a profanity from that elderly woman who was given a seat. She was shouting at that girl because that one touched her with her body a few times. The insults were stopped with the words, “Swap back if you feel so bad.” © Pravidnik / Pikabu
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Once I was traveling on a night train. I entered the compartment, and a child of about 10 years old was sleeping on my bottom bunk. And his mother and grandmother ask me to take the top bunk. Okay, so I start to make the bed and put things away.
And then these 2 start shushing at me, saying, why the hell I’m that loud, I might wake up the child. I had to say loudly and clearly that either they let me finish what I’m doing, or the child will have to move to his rightful place. © KusachaMuchacha / Pikabu
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On my first day at work, a colleague baked strawberry biscuits and was giving everyone the treat. I didn’t want to eat the biscuits. So when it was my turn, I couldn’t think of anything better to say than, “Oh, I’m allergic to strawberries.”
Suddenly, out of the blue, my colleague threw them all out! The whole tray of biscuits went straight into the bin. And told everyone not to bring strawberries to the office. So, I’ve been pretending that I’m allergic to strawberries for 3 years. © Lucinda Hershberger / Unsplash
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A friend tearfully asked me to lend her some cash for a couple of days. She was so worried that I agreed to withdraw money from my credit card. And there’s a fee and daily commission. We go to the ATM, I withdraw the money, give it to her.
She puts it in her wallet, and suddenly I see the same credit card as mine there. In complete bewilderment, I ask her why she didn’t withdraw money from her own credit card. And she replied, “Why would I do that? There’s a withdrawal fee and commission.” © Maria Kat
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The friends’ kid is 6 years old. He runs into my living room and starts jumping on the sofa. I told his mom to stop it. And she replied, “No matter how many times you tell him, he doesn’t listen. Difficult character.”
I wasn’t happy with this answer, so I called the boy and quietly said, “If you run on the sofa, I’ll kick…” Well, the boy realized the threat and didn’t jump on the sofa for the remaining 5 hours, while they were at our place. It turns out that he listens. © navigator48 / Pikabu