I hate people. HATE them. Even you. I hate you, too.
It's a shame - I don't think that they'll notice. It's a shame - I doubt they even care. Don't let me down."
The most depressing thing I think I've ever seen:
So Matthew and I went to IHOP last night
and we had a nice meal. Right before we pay for our food, this older man comes in and starts setting what looking like pens in front of most of the people in there. Just setting them down and moving to the next table. And at first, Matt and I were like "Uhm... what the hell is he doing?" But he came over and set one (yes, it was a pen) on our table. It had a little piece of paper attached to it. And this little piece of paper said:
"HELLO! :0) I am deaf. And I am selling these pens to support my family for $2.00 or a donation. Would you please be so kind as to buy this one?"
And my heart instantly went out to this man. I felt SO sorry for him. Especially since Matthew never carries cash on him, and we had happened to eat lunch at a place that didn't take cards, so I had spent ALL of my cash. I think I might have had a quarter. Maybe.
I know that there are plenty of places where he could get a job being deaf. But he's a human being, and I don't mind helping out the less fortunate.
-This part makes my heart hurt.-
EVERY other person in the restaurant just ignored him. I think one girl emptied out her pockets and came up with some change. But every other person just pushed the pens to the edge of the table and pretended like he didn't exist. He just came back by and picked them all up while they ignored him.
He's a human being. Not a dog. They didn't even have the decency to look him in the eyes. $2.00! If that's gunna break your bank, then what the hell are you doing eating out in the first place?
I wonder what their mothers would think if they had seen their flesh and blood being so cruel. I know that I want to instill compassion in my children.
They couldn't even look him in the eyes and own up to the fact that they were cheap bastards. They went one step further and pretended he wasn't there.
I had a hard time not crying on the way home. It's ridiculous how cruel people are.
Matthew tipped our waiter an extra five dollars and had him give us five dollars in cash to give to the poor guy. And he signed "thank you" and then he left.
The way those people treated him could not possibly have made me feel more loathesome of the human race, or more sorry that I'm a part of it.
The most depressing thing I think I've ever seen:
So Matthew and I went to IHOP last night
and we had a nice meal. Right before we pay for our food, this older man comes in and starts setting what looking like pens in front of most of the people in there. Just setting them down and moving to the next table. And at first, Matt and I were like "Uhm... what the hell is he doing?" But he came over and set one (yes, it was a pen) on our table. It had a little piece of paper attached to it. And this little piece of paper said:
"HELLO! :0) I am deaf. And I am selling these pens to support my family for $2.00 or a donation. Would you please be so kind as to buy this one?"
And my heart instantly went out to this man. I felt SO sorry for him. Especially since Matthew never carries cash on him, and we had happened to eat lunch at a place that didn't take cards, so I had spent ALL of my cash. I think I might have had a quarter. Maybe.
I know that there are plenty of places where he could get a job being deaf. But he's a human being, and I don't mind helping out the less fortunate.
-This part makes my heart hurt.-
EVERY other person in the restaurant just ignored him. I think one girl emptied out her pockets and came up with some change. But every other person just pushed the pens to the edge of the table and pretended like he didn't exist. He just came back by and picked them all up while they ignored him.
He's a human being. Not a dog. They didn't even have the decency to look him in the eyes. $2.00! If that's gunna break your bank, then what the hell are you doing eating out in the first place?
I wonder what their mothers would think if they had seen their flesh and blood being so cruel. I know that I want to instill compassion in my children.
They couldn't even look him in the eyes and own up to the fact that they were cheap bastards. They went one step further and pretended he wasn't there.
I had a hard time not crying on the way home. It's ridiculous how cruel people are.
Matthew tipped our waiter an extra five dollars and had him give us five dollars in cash to give to the poor guy. And he signed "thank you" and then he left.
The way those people treated him could not possibly have made me feel more loathesome of the human race, or more sorry that I'm a part of it.