Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Does it pay to be nice?
when you go out of your comfort zone for the sake of somebody else, is it reasonable to expect something back in return?
i am not talking about anything as demanding as a 'thank you', but simply the self-satisfied 'warm fuzzy' feeling that most people expect to get as a consequence of them being nice.
however i think this is only true up to a certain point. beyond that there isnt much satisfaction to being nice and you just feel exploited. there must be some truth in the saying "nice guys finish last".
that sucks because it would make people choose to be selfish pricks and care only for themselves, which incidentally happens to be the case with most ppl in the world, and thats not very nice...
(this is all inconsequential pondering and im not necessarily referring to myself, or to anyone or anything else in particular)
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i am not talking about anything as demanding as a 'thank you', but simply the self-satisfied 'warm fuzzy' feeling that most people expect to get as a consequence of them being nice.
however i think this is only true up to a certain point. beyond that there isnt much satisfaction to being nice and you just feel exploited. there must be some truth in the saying "nice guys finish last".
that sucks because it would make people choose to be selfish pricks and care only for themselves, which incidentally happens to be the case with most ppl in the world, and thats not very nice...
(this is all inconsequential pondering and im not necessarily referring to myself, or to anyone or anything else in particular)
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