compassion for strangers
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The Elan of Escalation: One-Upping Meanness with Worse Meanness
For this holiday season, why don’t we all take just a sec to breathe when something like this happens. Ease a retail clerk’s tension with a joke. Offer to help a harried mom with her bags, or hold the door open for somebody with a stroller. Make a funny face at a crying little kid…
