A fellow came to our door just then. He was rather short and withdrawn and asked me gently if I would like to buy a raffle ticket for the Cancer & Bowel Research Trust. I decided I would buy one so I went into my coin bowl and got all the 50c and 20c coins I could find. I counted them out to him and it added up to $7. So I got two raffles tickets. He was ambiguously pleased and said that I'd equalled the record donation for the day. He'd been working for 6 hours and had got $100 worth of donations. He was a bit overwhelmed by the thought of it, and I felt quite sad about it. He left, but after a moment I decided to chase after him and give him the $50 note I had in my wallet. I have lots of money this month because I'm doing poverty budget - I don't think charitable donations are included in the "disposable income" bit thankfully. He was quite surprised, but I didn't really want more raffle tickets so I trotted off. He came back to the house 5 minutes later with a fistful of raffle tickets and two good pens. I just tested one of them out, and they are really nice pens indeed.
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good on you Ryan.
Andrew v.w. / 12:04am / 31 August 2008
You know you’re a really good guy and put the rest of us to shame, don’t you? Actually, maybe you don’t. Maybe it’s your quiet assumption that anyone else would do the same that makes you such a good guy.
Lauren / 10:20pm / 31 August 2008
But the point of the story wasn’t about generosity. It was about the gentle man and the pens. He was so good. Obviously really quite upset that no one had donated much money, but very apologetic about appearing ungrateful.
One of the things that make me sad is when people who’ve just been treated poorly say things like “I guess I should be grateful really….” It happens a lot at Rough Edges. Although it doesn’t just make me sad – it also makes me very happy with human beings.
Ryan / 11:19pm / 31 August 2008