Do Gooders
Posted: 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.
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.
