How nice is too nice?
...when you're out of Minnesota.
I always struggle with this one here. And everywhere. Nice-ness is bred into me. If you pass people on the street, you smile. If you get into an elevator with someone, you say 'Hello' or 'Good Morning', if someone talks to you you talk back.
This kind of behavior can get me in trouble if I'm out of my element.
But if I don't do it, I feel like a complete jerk. Like really mean, snobby, I-think-I'm-too-good-for-you kind of jerk. And then that makes me sad. Like I'm not ME anymore. Because I'm Holly, I'm nice to people. And I LIKE being nice.
So where do you draw the line?
Where does your culture meet with others and maintain that happy medium?
Is there always a happy medium?
Is there EVER a happy medium?
posted by Holly at
5:43 AM
4 Comments:
HOLLY!!!!!!!!!!
we love you
Becki & Angie
the happy medium is in a place... country... city... wherever ... that doesn't shun that gesture nor promote it.
i don't have this problem. they don't have elevators in medford :)
"Because I'm Holly, I'm nice to people. And I LIKE being nice."
In my mind that was menacing... how can nice be menacing? Are you a soldier of nice?
BG- I like that expression.
Although perhaps you misinterpreted conviction for aggression. Maybe I should work on that. ;)
Becki, Angie & Constance- I love you too!
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