Be Nice! Days 5-10

with all the fundraising events this week, it has been difficult to maintain my Be Nice! updates! my apologies for being late. here is a summary of my acts of kindess for the last week...

- when i was in San Mateo the other day, i passed by 2 parking meters; one expired, and one with only 3 min left. i fed both of the meters to spare the car owners a parking ticket (cuz we all know how infuriating parking tickets are!)
- on a couple occasions walking in downtown SF, i picked up trash on the street and threw it into the garbage. this was pretty nasty, but hey, someone had to do it. i used napkins to pick up the trash, so i could be as sanitary as possible.
- one day when i was in the Bart station, the station worker was extremely friendly and helpful to me. so i went up to the Starbucks outside the station and bought her a cup of steaming green tea (it was freezing that day). she was so shocked and happy, and it made me feel really good to see her smile :)
- i took in my neighbors' trash cans after the trucks came around to empty the garbage.
- oftentimes when i get off work downtown, i leave food on the newspaper stand for the homeless people to eat. sometimes i'll leave hotdogs and popcorn, and other times i'll bring food from home and leave it out.
- i tipped a very nice bartender $20 on 2 drinks.
- i received excellent customer service at a couple of places last week. the employees i was speaking with were extremely knowledgeable and friendly, and i wanted them to be recognized and appreciated for their service. so i called the companies and spoke with their managers, complimenting their employees on doing a great job. they were pleasantly surprised to hear my comments, and said they would let their employees know.

phew! being nice is a lot of work! sometimes it's hard to think of really nice things to do for this campaign, so if you have any ideas, lemme hear em! more to come in the next few days... thanks for checking in!