I am the Word guru at work, people come knocking on my door when they get stuck with the arcane details of Microsoft Word formatting. I bring cookies to work every Monday, except when it's over 90degrees on Sunday. I am a volunteer safety monitor at Pride Parade every year. I give my neighbors some of the produce from my garden. I took in 3 feral cats. Gosh, I'm so fucking virtuous I can't stand myself.
I used to do that a while back, when there was a red cross bus that would come to my work on a regular basis. I should. Give me some details, where, how long it takes, stuff like that.
I love cookies, but you should bring in some fruit as well for those who may be tempted by sweets who have weight problems! =]
I do, especially when I have overload - had overload of lemons until it got really hot and I started making lemonade by the gallon, and an absolute biblical plague of plums! Apples & figs pending.
I have one from my entire neighborhood. We have an older homeless guy that wanders the neighborhood. He's not a drug addict or an alcoholic. He doesn't bother anyone but he's clearly not comfortable with other people and really doesn't want to be approached. He's mentally ill but harmless and just minds his own business. His name is Joe and he loves his coffee so people from the neighborhood just go in to the corner Plaid Pantry and put money on a tab for him.
Back when they had actual coin operated parking meters, I used to put coins in if I saw a meter was expired. I've heard that's actually illegal, but it's crazy if that's true.
Saw this... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071218202728AAmlCsD ...and this.... http://www.kval.com/news/local/81597732.html
I was in Edinburgh Scotland recently and I saw several sandwich type places with signs in their windows saying they were part of a program that did exactly what your neighborhood did. When customers come in to buy food, they can donate extra money that is used to pay for free food for anyone who comes in and says they don't have money for food. I think it's all on the honesty system.
Totally random, but yesterday for the first time in a while I gave Blood. At work (OHSU) I passed by a sign saying Red Cross was doing a blood drive down one floor. So I went down a gave. Interesting side note, While I was there about 8 others were on their way in or out of donating. All were women. I asked and she said I was only the second man that day out of about 40 volunteers.
OTOH, a pet peeve: I dislike it when, in grocery (or whatever) stores, people have an item in the cart, then find something "better"...they simply discard the unwanted item right there....in the same area they picked up the new one. A girlfriend of mine once did that and I called her on it. She simply said, "Tim, that's what they get paid for....to return items to their appropriate place." I was, like, "uhm....no? Wrong answer." I broke up with her on the spot. OK, not really, but.....................
She was right. A bunch of my friends have worked at grocery stores and said they don't care about stuff like that. It is indeed what they get paid to do.
I worked up in the grocery store business from bottle clerk to assistant manager. No, they don't. OK, well, yes....they'll obviously do it, but it's not what is expected. Especially, frozen items. Yes, it happens all the time.
