Has the recession made you kinder?

No, I am unchanged. Kind as always.

I’m with @marinelife
I treat all people as equals, am not prone to being a complainer unless it is something big, and I have been on both sides of just about every financial fence there is. Money or the lack of it does not change my integrity or how I show up. I am a generous person, with my time, my money and my compliments.

The recession hasn’t quite hit here yet but when it does I expect it will bring out the best and the worst in people. Difficult times make you appreciate how much we depend on one another and are an environment in which kindness can flourish and be appreciated to its fullest.

I knew the value of working for a dollar before I experienced any recessions. The amount of money I’ve had/not have hasn’t had an impact of how I’ve treated people in my life.

One thing this current recession has brought out in me is a bit of contempt for people who feel they are entitled to things such as cellphones, cable tv and going out to the point if they don’t have those things then they feel they are having it tough.

_Now do you realize that’s just some other poor slob trying to earn a living? _

Lmao.

Also, no. Recession or not, people have always had to make a living. I learned in the recession that finding five bucks in an old backpack is awesome, even if all I got with it was a two liter of Coke and some bread. Just like I learned that two for one deals on Kraft Dinner boxes long before the recession happened was awesome. Now, I’m not mean. Just a bit angry looking. I’m patient with clerks and poor old slobs trying to make a living, as I appreciate when customers are nice with me when I’m at work. Making ends meet and shit has always been an issue, and I’ve always had the same mindframe towards it, whether with myself or other people. Recession be damned, people always struggle, and one has to know that. I’ve never been a bitch to people in retail. Sometimes my patience draws itself, but I keep it in check. While I bloody detest grocery shopping, that’s for tons of reason that don’t really fit into this.

I’ll get back to you if, for some reason in my lifetime, I have to stand in line for three hours just to get toilet paper, and then all of a sudden some nuclear power plant somewhere explodes and fucks my ass up.

No. Kind is my default state.

I believe in being kind. I try to be kind. The recession has not made me kinder. I also believe in being empathetic, but I do not feel I am more empathetic now, either. At least, not because of the recession.

Is there some theory behind this question?