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Nice people
Nice people...people who in spite of just everything, are always "nice"...how do you perceive them?
If there is someone who you do not like at all and you make no effort to hide your negativity toward them but they are still courteous to you, do you see that niceness as fake or genuine?
Maybe you're a "nice" person, and you are frequently exposed to a meanie, is it hard for you to keep your niceness turned on?
For me, hey...I am what I am, regardless of who or how others are. It's a selfish thing though, it makes my life happy and easy.
Doesn't bother or upset me much at all
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| October 30, 2007, 08:54 |
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pookhabear
75 / male
port st lucie, Florida, US
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Re: Nice people
I stay away from meanies, they don't exist in my life, literally, I X them off my list. Some mistake nice and kind for weakness but you learn to separate those people. They will never be able to stop me from being nice and kind. I heard a saying once, "It's nice to be important but more important to be nice", I'll take nice over important anyday
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| October 30, 2007, 09:28 |
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Re: Nice people
I don't let it bother me too much.I'm always 'nice' to people even if they aren't nice back,why should I change who I am for someone who obviously doesn't like me, (It just goes over my head).Being nice does have some advantages.Before my current job I worked A liquor counter in a local supermarket........The same local customers would come in day after day and I would always make time for A little chat.After A few years I noticed that customers would call me by my first name and would sometimes just come in for A chat.I'ts been nearly 3 years since I was there and the store has since closed,but the old customers still stop me on my way to work and I still make time to say hello and catch up with them. 
It makes me smile to think just by going that extra step with someone, that they tend to remember you Being nice has it's advantages lol
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| October 30, 2007, 14:32 |
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Re: Nice people
I so agree, I like nice!
What brought this all up was something that happened the other day, I was at the pharmacy counter picking up a few things, and the clerk was kinda new and unfamiliar with how things worked, so she had to go off and ask co-workers a few questions while she waited on us...another woman walked up behind us and immediately started asking loudly, what the problem was, why were we waiting and very grumpily going on loudly that if one person couldn't handle things behind the counter, they should get someone else so we all don't have to wait...geez...so what? A ten minute wait!
Several weeks before, I had a similiar situation, instead of a grumpy loud rude woman behind me, was a very cheerful, nice man....he had a whole bag of hershey kisses candy, passed them out to all that were waiting in line, and seemed to enjoy the chance to spend 10 minutes in line and interact with others, chat....and just be nice!
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| October 30, 2007, 19:15 |
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pookhabear
75 / male
port st lucie, Florida, US
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Re: Nice people
Nice begets nice. I am sure the others in line will remember him fondly. The grumpy lady should have been there that day, she may have learned something 
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| October 30, 2007, 20:17 |
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nashvllesugrdady
55 / male
any, Tennessee, US
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Re: Nice people
I am never in a good mood and never nice. Really I am just kidding. I am a push over. I am usually always in a good mood.
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| October 30, 2007, 23:17 |
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Re: Nice people
I'm always nice to someone that is in a grumpy mood...I like to think someone was ugly to them and they are passing it on to others, so if I'm nice then perhaps the cycle will be broken. True meanies will always be meanies, but they don't usually see themselves that way. I can certainly stand on my own two feet and don't worry about what others think of me...but mess with a child, someone I love, or for goodness gracious a child I love...watch out, 'cause I'm likely to put you through my verbal version of a paper shredder.
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| October 30, 2007, 23:55 |
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Re: Nice people
I try top maintain a positive outlook and be nice to everyone. I especially like being cheerful in first thing in the morning. First thing for everyone else that is--hehe
I've found if I'm cheerful in the morning, I feel much better all day!! Of course the other side is that this usually pisses everyone else off.  
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| October 31, 2007, 01:51 |
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Liberalwife
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Re: Nice people
One thing that was drilled in to me as a kid, was to always have good manners and always to be nice, after all it costs nothing.
If I'm ever served in a store by a miserable grumpy assistant, I cant resist giving them a rather wide (false) smile, and say "Thank you, dear". I just love to see how it annoys them. Miserable Buggers!
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| October 31, 2007, 10:53 |
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Re: Nice people
Ah...meanies...don't understand them but I'm sure something has or is spurring them on...they hate it when nice people are nice to them, but they hate it when people are mean back to them...and they don't get it when people in general are just uncomfortable around their negativity, and don't want to be in their company...
The lady at the pharmacy I mentioned earlier...she just made everyone around her uneasy, I'm sure the lady clerk was hurt and offended by her...just to negative!
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| October 31, 2007, 17:11 |
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