Partly in an attempt to counter those kinds of people, but also to give karma a hand, I make a point of giving nice people priority. If someone comes to me needing help with something, and they’re genuinely good peeps, they get put on top of the pile.

[quote=Ren]Partly in an attempt to counter those kinds of people, but also to give karma a hand, I make a point of giving nice people priority. If someone comes to me needing help with something, and they’re genuinely good peeps, they get put on top of the pile.[/quote]

“Be good to good people” is one of my favorite philosophies. But sometimes, it’s hard to tell.

Really glad to hear you took the time to help this guy out, flu. It could make all the difference in how this works out for him.

I’ve stopped to be a witness in a couple of situations, and it did effect the outcome for the innocent party.

In all aspects of life, “what goes around, comes around,” and that works both ways. I’ve seen this proven out time after time.

[quote=mike92104]to add to the circus environment of the case, the plaintiffs lawyer was a midget who had to pull the lectern mic down to him while standing next to it while speaking to us.[/quote]Midget is no longer the politically correct word. They are called height challenged, or vertically challenged.☺

The older I get, the more I am convinced, ‘what goes around comes around’. Sometimes it takes a little time, but it is worth the wait. I’ve got stories..

On a similar note, it only takes 1 jerk to ruin what 100 good things that happened. Keep positive.

[quote=squat300]Did the small lawyer make self deprecating jokes to try to endear himself to the jury?[/quote]

He should have, but instead played it dead pan. One other funny thing was his client was an unusually tall woman as well. Needless to say, I haven’t been as quick to perform my “civic duty” since then.

I think MOST people are decent but there is definitely a certain percentage of self-centered jerks in our midst. In addition, a lot of the newer cars and SUV’s have HORRIBLE visibility and are driven by distracted drivers. I pretty much pay 100% attention to everything going on around me in all directions anytime I am in my car; even if I am stopped at a light. I NEVER EVER drive beside anyone – I’m either passing them or they’re passing me or I keep back a little in case they realize at the 13th hour that they’re about to miss their turn and swerve over into my lane. I also try to park in places in parking lots where I can get in and out as quickly as possible to minimize the odds of someone backing into me. I love walking so I don’t mind if it’s a couple hundred extra feet. All of the above is just part of how I drive and is no big deal for me at all. Much easier in my mind to avoid dealing with a smashed up car and wasting my time at the body shop because some idiot hit my car. I think people get into trouble when they assume everyone else is a good alert driver and has a car that they can actually see out of. Oh, and I witnessed an accidenty recently as well; lady realized she was about to miss her turn and swerved over into the lane to her left – only problem was, another car was driving along side her at the time.