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Ritterskoop · #1 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:07 pm

Christie says it is time for a do-gooder pay-it-forward task.

I agree.

Do your anonymous good deed at home, and then you can report it here. That means it won't be truly anonymous, but others here will get ideas, and the people you help won't know who did it.

Sample fun things:

-When you pay for your lunch at a local eatery, leave an extra $10 and tell them to apply it to the next person, or to someone they know needs it.

-Take out an inexpensive classified ad in the paper, phrasing it "from a secret admirer" - if you are clever about the way you write it, half the people who read it will think it's for them!

-Buy a $5 gift card for a coworker you don't like. Put his name on it and leave it on his desk. For $5 it should be something like a coffee shop, where she can purchase a whole item there. A record store would be more like $10-12. Maybe that can be your next anonymous gift, if the enemy person gets any nicer...

-Buy a sploofus upgrade for a fellow BB (I have no idea how to do this but you are smart peoples).

-Those were all about money. Now let's think of ways to brighten someone's day without spending much, like Christie's card for her neighbor. I have two Chihuly postcards left and no bright ideas on who to send them to. Aha. An acquaintance had a rough time with a tutor recently - I will send one to her and one to her kid, who had the experience.

-Find a cute pic on The Daily Kitten or icanhascheezburger and send it to everyone in your list. That isn't so much anonymous, but it will still make some folks happy. Go out of your way to send it to people who don't like cats.

-Take a Frisbee to a park, and give it to a dog. Old tennis balls are good for this also.

Have fun. Be nice.

christie1111 · #2 Post by **christie1111** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:29 pm

Yay! Thanks Skoop!

Okay, now to think of the right thing to do........................

5LD · #3 Post by **5LD** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:33 am

I am writing a letter to my first grade teacher today. She was awesome and I mean to tell her again. (I used to tell her all the time when I saw her in my hometown, but I haven't seen her in years since I moved away.)

I also emailed a retired college professor of mine to let him know how much I missed him.

silverscreenselect · #4 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:45 am

Ritterskoop wrote:Christie says it is time for a do-gooder pay-it-forward task.

I agree.

Do your anonymous good deed at home, and then you can report it here. That means it won't be truly anonymous, but others here will get ideas, and the people you help won't know who did it.

-Buy a $5 gift card for a coworker you don't like. Put his name on it and leave it on his desk. For $5 it should be something like a coffee shop, where she can purchase a whole item there. A record store would be more like $10-12. Maybe that can be your next anonymous gift, if the enemy person gets any nicer...

Could you do me a favor and send this email to everyone I work with? I sure could use the gift cards.

kayrharris · #5 Post by **kayrharris** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:13 am

Can we go back retroactively a week or so when reports start coming in?

I did some good stuff for a few folks a couple of weeks ago.

If not, I'll start thinking about something new.

MarleysGh0st · #6 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:29 am

silverscreenselect wrote:
Ritterskoop wrote:Christie says it is time for a do-gooder pay-it-forward task.

I agree.

Do your anonymous good deed at home, and then you can report it here. That means it won't be truly anonymous, but others here will get ideas, and the people you help won't know who did it.

-Buy a $5 gift card for a coworker you don't like. Put his name on it and leave it on his desk. For $5 it should be something like a coffee shop, where she can purchase a whole item there. A record store would be more like $10-12. Maybe that can be your next anonymous gift, if the enemy person gets any nicer...

Could you do me a favor and send this email to everyone I work with? I sure could use the gift cards.

Are you saying that all your coworkers don't like you?

christie1111 · #7 Post by **christie1111** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:30 am

I have one idea!

But I will do more, I think.

My cubicle neighbor bakes for the whole team every week. He is a 20-something that you would think would admit to liking to bake. But he is very good at it.

Other than the fact he really shouldn't add to our waistlines, we really enjoy it.

I think I will put baking items in his cubicle to help finance his efforts.

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