Are people getting nicer?

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I'm 73. I use a wheel chair, but I can walk for short distance with a walker. I try to be as independent as possible. Thankfully, I can still drive. So, I do all my own shopping. I use those electric carts at stores. I have to say that lately people have been so nice to me. They have been coming up and asking if I need help. I guess I look like hell or something. Are people getting nicer?
 

h fuzzy -- yes there are good people around among the brainless idiots walking about with eyes closed -
 
I ran into a series of very nice people on my last shopping trip.

The lady on the checkout packed my bags with the groceries and put the bags into my trolley.

Then as I was unpacking the bags into the car, a lady walked up and gave me a bunch of flowers. She told me she had picked them from her garden that morning.

Was about to take the trolley to a trolley bay and a young man walked up and offered to take it for me.

When I told my son, he said that I must have looked like death warmed up for so many people to do such nice things for me.
 
People have been extremely nice to me. If it's because I'm looking like death warmed over that does not detract from all the kindness I have been shown by strangers. I do smile a lot, I'm not grouchy, so perhaps that helps. When people complain others are not nice, I notice the majority of them are grumpy.
 
I have been pleasantly surprised by the courtesies shown me since began using a cane. I have a walker from when I had knee replacements, but it is in the back of a closet and I have not seen it for a few years. In the supermarket I use a small shopping cart to lean on and to hold the groceries.
 
As I've aged I think that folks are more helpful and friendly to me. I use a cane and maybe that brings on the help, but I agree with Pepper that our own attitude and appearance attracts friendliness or turns it away.

Then again, it may have much to do with where you live, not just what part of the country but the area that you tend to frequent. Different places - -different folks.
 
Sometimes a stranger will help me put heavy items in my cart. I help older people get stuff off the higher shelves. Maybe they let someone ahead in line at the checkout. That's how civilized people behave.
 
I think people have always been nice, the good far outnumber the bad. I've helped folks in those carts put their food on the checkout counter or get something off the shelves for them.

I always get asked if I need help out if I have a big order, or a store worker will wait for me to put my stuff in the car and take the cart from me. I get and give a lot of thank yous, pleases and excuse mes daily, most days people smile and nod to each other. I think if I become disabled enough to use a walker or store electric cart, there will always be someone nearby to ask if I need assistance.
 
I had that lovely experience the other day.

Then I had the man who offered to help me when I was loading my car with a large bag of potting mix.

He held the trolley in place, while I lifted the bag of potting mix into my car! lol

I do tend to smile at people, look them in the face and not just skulk about. And yes, I am just that bit older and use a walking stick to get about.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I'm 73. I use a wheel chair, but I can walk for short distance with a walker. I try to be as independent as possible. Thankfully, I can still drive. So, I do all my own shopping. I use those electric carts at stores. I have to say that lately people have been so nice to me. They have been coming up and asking if I need help. I guess I look like hell or something. Are people getting nicer?
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your thread/post has made me more aware of being more aware of people like yourself struggling.
 
No, they're not. Instead, people are getting more self-centered than ever before, more into their own little worlds, less into helping others, thanks to social media, and the like. Yes, there are still nice folks out there, but they seem to be a dying breed.
 
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