Re: Kindness
this is such a nice story.
i know kindness is good, but what to do when you see someone being unkind to someone?
once we went to tim hortons. it was snowing outside, and was very very cold. a man was sitting out on the sidewalk, with a thin shawl around his shoulders. we gave him some change and came in. we were standing in line when he came in and stood behind us. he smelled very bad, and everyone started to move away from him. he didn't seem to notice, and instead looked straight ahead at the cash register. we ordered our coffee and waited to get it. the other cash register was free and the girls were all telling each other to go serve him. they were very loud, and no one apparently wanted to serve this man. finally a woman came forward and asked him what he wanted. he ordered tea, and tried to give her some change as payment. she refused to take it and told him to just leave it on the counter. she then took a napkin out and picked up the change with that, and put it under the counter somewhere. after she gave him his tea, he went back out to sit in the snow. he was a paying customer, and had every right to sit in the restaurant and enjoy his tea in the warm room, but the i am guessing tim horton's employees' attitude towards him made him go out in the cold.
this incident happened such a long time ago, and we of course did do nothing about it at the time. but to this day, i remember his face and the weather outside and wish that i had said something in his defense. so many homeless people here in canada die each year of the cold, and who know if that man is even alive anymore or not.