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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 934884" data-attributes="member: 74969">Suppressing any emotion is bad-- you have to let it out.&nbsp; Sometimes though, I&#039;m so ineffably sad, it&#039;s hard to keep my composure in public. So here&#039;s a little story.[spoiler]MTA city workers (bus drivers, subway workers, etc) have thankless jobs.&nbsp; They&#039;re paid OK but at any given time, they&#039;re vulnerable to hate speech, spitting, punching and spraying w/toxic substances.&nbsp; They have to be ever-vigilant for fights, people getting stuck in doors and whatever.I got off the subway one time and something spontaneously compelled me to give a tiny-happy wave to the conductor as the train was leaving.&nbsp; The smile on her face was like the sun breaking out of the dark clouds.&nbsp; It lifted my spirits so that I&#039;ll never forget that small incident.It&#039;s absolutely a matter of choosing the right moment, but if you live somewhere where there are city workers grimly doing their jobs with shoulders hunched, think about giving one or more&nbsp; a sincere few words of kindness or a kindly thumbs-up or wave.&nbsp; Chances are:&nbsp; you&#039;ll get back more than you gave.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[/spoiler]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 934884, member: 74969"] Suppressing any emotion is bad-- you have to let it out. Sometimes though, I'm so ineffably sad, it's hard to keep my composure in public. So here's a little story. [spoiler]MTA city workers (bus drivers, subway workers, etc) have thankless jobs. They're paid OK but at any given time, they're vulnerable to hate speech, spitting, punching and spraying w/toxic substances. They have to be ever-vigilant for fights, people getting stuck in doors and whatever. I got off the subway one time and something spontaneously compelled me to give a tiny-happy wave to the conductor as the train was leaving. The smile on her face was like the sun breaking out of the dark clouds. It lifted my spirits so that I'll never forget that small incident. It's absolutely a matter of choosing the right moment, but if you live somewhere where there are city workers grimly doing their jobs with shoulders hunched, think about giving one or more a sincere few words of kindness or a kindly thumbs-up or wave. Chances are: you'll get back more than you gave. :)[/spoiler] [/QUOTE]

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