Awesome guy our apt manager/owner is! He just bought ice cream off the ice cream truck for the two girls, their parents and I. Just being his generous self. And clever imho. The stress of dealing with tenants that are deadbeats, quarrelsome, criminal... He manages apartments, therefore he must deal with that all the time. Plus whatever financial concerns he may have. There is the danger of the stress and grievences carrying over to others a person interacts with, a tendency we all have. We're more likely to be short-tempered with everyone else in our lives when one or two assholes strive to make us miserable. Being generous to people who appreciate what you do for them, like us, is a countermeasure to that tendency. Even when you don't feel like being generous with your time, energy or in this case pocket-change, go ahead anyway, because soon you'll feel different, lighter, and more able to cope with the negativities of life.
Btw that's one of many reasons to broaden out the number of people you interact with daily, making it more likely to have those that genuinely appreciate you offsetting the exploitative jerks that don't. It may take effort for some like me, but it's worth it.
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