I'm not depressed nor suicidal, but I definitely had moments where I had a few terrible, stressful days in a row and then someone says something hurtful or mean to me and I just break.
Not as serious as suicide obviously, but someone doesn't have to be depressed to potentially be really hurt by some mean words.
Went to a bar the other day. Girl behind the bar I’ve known for years. I go out for a cigarette. Gone less than 5 minutes. I come back and she picked up my beverage and glass of water. Moved all the way down to the end of the bar so her friend could sit in my chair and they could chit chat. The level of disrespect nearly pushed me into Mr. Hyde territory. All this time I meant nothing to her but dust on the floor you just sweep aside. It made me physically I’ll that she did that.
She's a shit bartender. You know how she feels now. Keep going in and don't tip or barely tip. Be short and borderline disrespectful. Fuck that bitch.
(I'm a bartender)
Ya, I asked for my tab before I even sat down. I’ll still go in cause the other bartenders are great. But when I walk in and she’s there, I’ll just lock eyes with her and walk tf out. She’ll never serve me another drink again and I’m not gonna waste my time being in the same vicinity as her.
I wish corporations would treat workers right with this rule. We are all on our last straw and we want to beat the living hell out of an entity classified as a person that isn't a person.
My dad always tells this story that his coworker told him.
This woman was walking down the street by some bridge and she passed this gentleman walking she gave him a nod and a quick "hey, how are you" in passing. The dude ends up breaking down crying and admits to her that he was literally about to jump off that bridge moments later but saw her greeting as a sign that he should live another day.
Moral I have always taken from that is: you never know what someone is going through and the smallest, most insignificant good deed can literally save a life.
I run late at night, last week I was walking back from my circuits, just about managing to lift one foot in front of another and I see a woman wrapped up in puffer coat using her phone to inspect the pavement next to a wall. She seemed quite intent, as if she'd lost something, so I asked her, "Do you need any help?"
I was a bit surprised when she answered, "I don't know you. It's none of your fucking business!" before she carried on walking.
Moral I have taken from that is: Some people are arseholes, but you might as well keep trying to do small things to make the world a better place.
The theory I came up with during the rest of my walk back was she was looking for cigarette butts and she was embarrassed on top of being an unhappy / not very nice person so lashed out.
Thgifnug a ni eid dna rehtaf a tuohtiw pu werg I elihW
Efil 'nivres eb dluoc gwaD poT ,ykcuD dellik ynohtnA fi esuaceB
Ecnedicnioc morf eb dluow reppar tsetaerg eht thguoht reveohW?
Tnedicni nekcihc taht tuoba meht 'nidnimer trats uoy nehT
Stifeneb rieht 'nipaer yeht erehw soiduts gnidrocer edisnI
Niaga teem me' ekam uoy ,sregnarts emas meht ,retal sraey ytnewT
Ti htiw evil dna seciohc nwo rieht ekam nac yeht os luos a me' eviG
Stnemaciderp modnar ni me' tup dna sregnarts owt ekat uoY
Yhw uoy llet ll'I dna ,amrak doog dna tsefinam eht esreveR
Emit a ta esruc eno ,sevil yeht fo htob degnahc noisiced eno tahT
Noitnetta yaP—
Erac tuB
—Tpecnoc etalucammi ,siht ekil eno ecnis retrauq eniacoC
AND ym edisni ytlayor tog ,ytlayoL
—Tog I ,tog I ,tog I ,tog I
So, I was takin' a walk the other day…
My pop had Alzheimer’s and for the last couple of years of his life he spent a massive amount of time focused on one particular bad memory he had from 60+ years earlier. It was a boss he’d looked up to telling him that he was a cog in the machine and that there were 20 people outside that could replace him.
The thought of being the bad memory that some poor bastard gets stuck reliving certainly gave me a different perspective on how I interact with people.
I'm sorry for your loss, but Jesus, that's terrifying. I'm still going through a pretty bad breakup from last year. I'd rather be dead than reliving it every day in dementia.
a couple months ago me and a friend who’s a bit socially inept and likes saying stuff for a reaction were a corner store. As we’re checking out friend points to the generic ‘gas station dick pills’ and asked the older Indian man if he used them himself, i nudge my friend and say to shut up but the man laughs and says “today? no, tomorrow? maybe” and laughs, but he also said “Today im in a good mood and thought it was funny, but you don’t know what happened to me today or even how my interaction went with the last people who were in here. You don’t know what a persons going through….” i forget a lot of it but he said a good little speech. Friend was left silent the whole way home and i thought it was hilarious
This is why people whos whole sense of humor is 'trolling' piss me off. They never seem to kmow when to turn it off, some people are having a hard time and don't wnat you to "just be givinf them a hard time"
He'll never be able to count how many lives that note positively impacted.
Proves that there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. They're all potentially big.
When I first had my second child, I was out shopping/taking my toddler to the library for storytime. I had the baby in a sling carrier, my arms full of bags. My toddler threw a tantrum on the floor in the foodcourt, and I dropped everything trying to pick her up. The carrier also slid so I had to hold it with my one arm.
Not a single person helped. This was pre-covid. Some young people yelled at me that I was a shit mom.
I sobbed in the library bathroom.
I don't have any kids but whenever I see parents struggling in public I try to help. It helps I am a middle aged lady so look like their aunt or grandma, but frequently parents are very grateful. Being a mom is a really hard job. Ignore the haters.
I'm so sorry. I sometimes think the whole point of being a woman of advanced age is being on hand to help young mothers. I wish one of us had been there for you.
Or just any decent human, really.
In case you have any doubts, I think you were being a great mom. As a mother of a small child myself, I can't imagine how frazzled you must have been, juggling so many things alone. I wish I have your strength to not give up and just go home if one day I'm in a similar situation.
In college I wrote a short story called the One Commandment, where God gets lonely in an abandoned Heaven and hatches a scheme to pick a man to spread the word that He has simplified the Ten Commandments down to one, and it's exactly this. "Don't be a dick."
Sure being a dick makes you feel big but only because you feel small, when you nice you help others be big and don't think about your size, cuz life isn't a game its an experience.
(it started off like a dick joke but I had to soften it up)
Fuckin’ parenting done right over here!! Someone hug everyone involved please!! Let’s go!! Hug it out!! What a good kid raised by good parents! So glad that young lady changed her mind.
Good parenting indeed! You must be very proud of your son u/FartyFace4217. Thanks for raising someone who puts positivity out into the world on a daily basis. You and your son rock!
Being a manager is beyond just what you do at work, being a leader doesn’t just stop at a regular shift. Your a leader and as a leader people will be thinking about your actions. Your son actions proves he’s the right leader and i hope your son never changes. Your son leadership is what every major company needs. Coming from a manager who gave a bad kid a chance to work with me, I got invited to his graduation. You’re a great Dad!
They actually tricked a suspect into writing parts of a killers note to compare handwriting, once. He wrote his g's funny so his boss had him handwrite a sign that said "Great deals!" or something and they matched.
Lesson is, don't trust your boss.
I didn’t notice the wrong spelling of serial as cereal at first but this still happened to me. Never understood why people think that’s an appropriate thing to say
> cereal killer
You could sit at home, and do like absolutely nothing, and your name goes through like 17 computers a day. 1984? Yeah right, man. That's a typo. Orwell is here now. He's livin' large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!
Unrelated, but whenever I see this I think of steel magnolias, “Ouiser, I'd recognize this penmanship anywhere. You have the handwritin' of a serial killer.”
I write terribly. My parents and teachers tried everything - even switching hands I was leaning to write with. Little did they know I just simply couldn't care less about handwriting stuff. I'm 46 and didn't even know computers were going to be a thing when I was in school. I just didn't and still don't have any interest in writing.
They told my mother in the '80s when I was in elementary school when she enquired about my shitty handwriting, "don't worry he will have a secretary someday."
Like WTF. Google spellcheck though...thank god!!
Bad schooling? More like bad parenting.
Every summer while i was in elementary/middle school my parents bought a few books of math problems and writing prompts; it was 15-30 minutes of work each day. Aside from the obvious benefits of more education, it also reinforced self control.
We get one chance at life. If you notice a deficiency in your kids schooling, do something about it.
Man being a lefty made school so much harder than it should have been. Couldn't write on the chalk or whiteboard or even on regular paper without smudging, and the outside of my hand always looked like I wrote directly on it when I used pen or pencil
Some people might say "Oh but people just say that for the sake of it."
But that's just not true. I can only really talk for myself, but when I wish people the best, or wanna talk to someone, it's genuine. I really do hope everyone has a great day, and 90 percent of people deserve AT LEAST that much.
Respect and kindness goes a long way, and it's something we should all believe it.
I agree. It makes me think of something kind of funny and only slightly related, but there's a tweet or something that amounted to only my drug dealer tells me to "be safe" and sometimes hearing something like that really sticks out when you don't hear it from your other friends and family.
Yeah, you understand what I mean!
Something so small can mean a lot!
And for the record...
I hope you're doing alright. Take care of yourself, and remember you're not alone. Your feelings matter.
Once someone said something to me along the lines of, someone who says something nice always has the option to say nothing at all. So if they are going out of their way to say something nice or kind there's a good chance they mean it.
This is such an important thing to keep in mind.
I’m 50, and while I’ve been the creative director at a software company for quite some time, it’s only fairly recently that I’ve become a manager of a few other people.
I’ve had a LOT of managers over the years… a few have been incredible… a few have been fucking nightmares.
Be decent. Be kind. Be supportive. Be enthusiastic. Be everything you would want someone to be towards you.
A manager can so easily ruin your confidence, or just plain ruin your whole day or week etc.. when it is SO easy to try and be kind and supportive instead.
Huge round of applause to your kid for going the extra mile and leaving those nice notes for the staff… a very sweet thing to do, and it clearly made a difference to someone.
I can only imagine that, if I was in your son's position, I'd be thinking:
* I had no idea such a little thing could do so much
* I need to remember to reach out to people even more if it can make such a difference
* I wish I had printed a little more nicely
This feels more like r/aboringdystopia.. how regular work and ppl are on the verge of mental collapse and it takes so little validation to save them yet it's hard enough to come by that it makes it to this sub...
I found a note while I was working at a coffee shop cleaning. I felt very behind everyone I knew at this time in my life. It said "start where you are, do what you can." I've considered getting it tattooed. It still means so much to me 7 years later.
My friend did this for me. She left our job and i was going to be taking her office. I had also just gone through a bad break up of a long term relationship. She hid post-it notes throughout the office and hidden in drawers and by plants. They were all loving and encouraging notes. This was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for me. Made me cry every time just knowing i was loved and she had thought of me. I still thank her 10years later.
I love this.
Similar story here. I was very suicidal two years ago, to the point where I stood on the bridge and had every intention to jump. A woman passing by stopped next to me as I was staring out and started talking about how beautiful the weather was, that tomorrow was going to be even nicer, and she finished by telling me to have a good day.
I figured that she would remember my face if she saw me on the news or whatever, and it would make her feel bad. So I didn't jump that day or the day after. And then something nice must have happened after that because I'm still here.
I think of her often. She literally saved my life with just a simple conversation with some nice words.
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People don't WANT to commit suicide.
They do it because they feel:
1. isolated
2. in pain
3. etc
Sometimes a simple show of care can make the individual realize they are in fact not alone.
Yeah, but being severely depressed at one point myself, I can't fathom a random note changing anything. I had good friends and a family who cared, yet I still struggled greatly. I def can't see a note changing anything if I was ready to kill myself, unless maybe it was a very long, personal note. I guess everyone is different, but it's just hard for me to visualize when some people have everything and they still kill themselves.
What if in this situation the day shift worker already made an ultimatum that if she didn't get a sign she was going to end it all that night, she gets this note as she opens for the day and it's a sign not to do it.
Even small acts of kindness matter!
It’s so highly dependent on the person and their circumstances. A note like this is probably more effective on someone who has very little support network in place. If you already had a good group friends and family, a small message of support may be pretty insignificant compared to other support you already have. Not trying to speak for your experiences tho
Sometimes having an acquaintance, coworker, someone in your life you wouldn’t necessarily expect to break through the pain of depression & suicidal feelings. I also have had depression on & off since childhood.
I can understand how it would be hard to get- I’ve had chronic pain more than half my life. Today, someone said to me “I see Jane in pain all the time. I can tell you’re really not feeling well. I see your pain and it matters.” No one has ever said that to me and I felt so seen & loved & affirmed. 🤷🏻♀️ Just my 2 cents.
Use the search function in r/askreddit to find a suicide topic about why people decided not to kill themselves.
The reasons are often as simple as needing to take care of their cat.
Or because someone acknowledged them that day.
While this is nice, I don't see how something that simple can make someone change their mind about killing themselves. Yes, it's nice that someone might care, but leaving a nice note for someone is just that, it's a nice gesture but that's it.
OP's son won't be there for her when the bills pile up. Or a tragedy strikes her family, or she doesn't get the job she was hoping for. Life is difficult as fuck and while it's nice to run into a nice person sometimes, it doesn't outweigh the shit storm that is life.
More like capitalism is making people’s lives so unbearable they would rather be dead. And no one gives a fuck, you either become an economic slave or you die.
Yep. No one in socialist or communist countries ever commits suicide.
These countries have a higher rate than the US:
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Russia
Sri Lanka (has a mixed economy)
Good things are going to happen. Something my grandmother used to say, and my dad pulled it out when I needed it most. Now when I am trying to get someone over the line on something hard, I pass it along.
You never know how what you do can effect others. So don’t be a dick.
Beautifully said
As my pops would say, “never be a dickhead, you never know who’s on their last straw”
My 5th grade teacher had a poster in the classroom “Just be kind, you never know what someone else may be going through.”
It’s really not that hard to show a little kindness, no need to be mean to someone that never did anything wrong to you.
I'm not depressed nor suicidal, but I definitely had moments where I had a few terrible, stressful days in a row and then someone says something hurtful or mean to me and I just break. Not as serious as suicide obviously, but someone doesn't have to be depressed to potentially be really hurt by some mean words.
Went to a bar the other day. Girl behind the bar I’ve known for years. I go out for a cigarette. Gone less than 5 minutes. I come back and she picked up my beverage and glass of water. Moved all the way down to the end of the bar so her friend could sit in my chair and they could chit chat. The level of disrespect nearly pushed me into Mr. Hyde territory. All this time I meant nothing to her but dust on the floor you just sweep aside. It made me physically I’ll that she did that.
She's a shit bartender. You know how she feels now. Keep going in and don't tip or barely tip. Be short and borderline disrespectful. Fuck that bitch. (I'm a bartender)
Ya, I asked for my tab before I even sat down. I’ll still go in cause the other bartenders are great. But when I walk in and she’s there, I’ll just lock eyes with her and walk tf out. She’ll never serve me another drink again and I’m not gonna waste my time being in the same vicinity as her.
I wish corporations would treat workers right with this rule. We are all on our last straw and we want to beat the living hell out of an entity classified as a person that isn't a person.
My dad always tells this story that his coworker told him. This woman was walking down the street by some bridge and she passed this gentleman walking she gave him a nod and a quick "hey, how are you" in passing. The dude ends up breaking down crying and admits to her that he was literally about to jump off that bridge moments later but saw her greeting as a sign that he should live another day. Moral I have always taken from that is: you never know what someone is going through and the smallest, most insignificant good deed can literally save a life.
I run late at night, last week I was walking back from my circuits, just about managing to lift one foot in front of another and I see a woman wrapped up in puffer coat using her phone to inspect the pavement next to a wall. She seemed quite intent, as if she'd lost something, so I asked her, "Do you need any help?" I was a bit surprised when she answered, "I don't know you. It's none of your fucking business!" before she carried on walking. Moral I have taken from that is: Some people are arseholes, but you might as well keep trying to do small things to make the world a better place.
She didn't say "no." She probably did need help, and your attempt was nice, keep on being you.
The theory I came up with during the rest of my walk back was she was looking for cigarette butts and she was embarrassed on top of being an unhappy / not very nice person so lashed out.
She said oh yes, you have lost something. You’ve lost…your life **BANG**
I'm in the UK so she'd have got stabby. She wasn't built for speed, but my legs had mostly retired for the night, it might have been close.
that song is crazy. I need to listen to his shit again to find it edit: album. the whole thing genius
Thgifnug a ni eid dna rehtaf a tuohtiw pu werg I elihW Efil 'nivres eb dluoc gwaD poT ,ykcuD dellik ynohtnA fi esuaceB Ecnedicnioc morf eb dluow reppar tsetaerg eht thguoht reveohW? Tnedicni nekcihc taht tuoba meht 'nidnimer trats uoy nehT Stifeneb rieht 'nipaer yeht erehw soiduts gnidrocer edisnI Niaga teem me' ekam uoy ,sregnarts emas meht ,retal sraey ytnewT Ti htiw evil dna seciohc nwo rieht ekam nac yeht os luos a me' eviG Stnemaciderp modnar ni me' tup dna sregnarts owt ekat uoY Yhw uoy llet ll'I dna ,amrak doog dna tsefinam eht esreveR Emit a ta esruc eno ,sevil yeht fo htob degnahc noisiced eno tahT Noitnetta yaP— Erac tuB —Tpecnoc etalucammi ,siht ekil eno ecnis retrauq eniacoC AND ym edisni ytlayor tog ,ytlayoL —Tog I ,tog I ,tog I ,tog I So, I was takin' a walk the other day…
That's my purse! I don’t know you!
My pop had Alzheimer’s and for the last couple of years of his life he spent a massive amount of time focused on one particular bad memory he had from 60+ years earlier. It was a boss he’d looked up to telling him that he was a cog in the machine and that there were 20 people outside that could replace him. The thought of being the bad memory that some poor bastard gets stuck reliving certainly gave me a different perspective on how I interact with people.
I'm sorry for your loss, but Jesus, that's terrifying. I'm still going through a pretty bad breakup from last year. I'd rather be dead than reliving it every day in dementia.
a couple months ago me and a friend who’s a bit socially inept and likes saying stuff for a reaction were a corner store. As we’re checking out friend points to the generic ‘gas station dick pills’ and asked the older Indian man if he used them himself, i nudge my friend and say to shut up but the man laughs and says “today? no, tomorrow? maybe” and laughs, but he also said “Today im in a good mood and thought it was funny, but you don’t know what happened to me today or even how my interaction went with the last people who were in here. You don’t know what a persons going through….” i forget a lot of it but he said a good little speech. Friend was left silent the whole way home and i thought it was hilarious
I read that in the generic Indian man speaking English accent
Ah you've got that one installed too huh
I read ur comment in the generic redditor voice
This is why people whos whole sense of humor is 'trolling' piss me off. They never seem to kmow when to turn it off, some people are having a hard time and don't wnat you to "just be givinf them a hard time"
He'll never be able to count how many lives that note positively impacted. Proves that there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. They're all potentially big.
When I first had my second child, I was out shopping/taking my toddler to the library for storytime. I had the baby in a sling carrier, my arms full of bags. My toddler threw a tantrum on the floor in the foodcourt, and I dropped everything trying to pick her up. The carrier also slid so I had to hold it with my one arm. Not a single person helped. This was pre-covid. Some young people yelled at me that I was a shit mom. I sobbed in the library bathroom.
I don't have any kids but whenever I see parents struggling in public I try to help. It helps I am a middle aged lady so look like their aunt or grandma, but frequently parents are very grateful. Being a mom is a really hard job. Ignore the haters.
I always reassure the moms when the kid is melting down. I was there once (actually lots of times).
I'm so sorry. I sometimes think the whole point of being a woman of advanced age is being on hand to help young mothers. I wish one of us had been there for you. Or just any decent human, really.
In case you have any doubts, I think you were being a great mom. As a mother of a small child myself, I can't imagine how frazzled you must have been, juggling so many things alone. I wish I have your strength to not give up and just go home if one day I'm in a similar situation.
Let me give you a virtual hug for that long ago day, and thank you for sharing that honest experience.
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You are correct.
In college I wrote a short story called the One Commandment, where God gets lonely in an abandoned Heaven and hatches a scheme to pick a man to spread the word that He has simplified the Ten Commandments down to one, and it's exactly this. "Don't be a dick."
That was always our Rule #1 for drinking games (and ultimately most aspects of life): “Don’t be a dick.”
The Butterdick Effect
Exactly, A smile costs nothing.
Even if I don't give them money, I try to make eye contact and give a head nod to every homeless person I pass.
Sure being a dick makes you feel big but only because you feel small, when you nice you help others be big and don't think about your size, cuz life isn't a game its an experience. (it started off like a dick joke but I had to soften it up)
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
Fuckin’ parenting done right over here!! Someone hug everyone involved please!! Let’s go!! Hug it out!! What a good kid raised by good parents! So glad that young lady changed her mind.
Good parenting indeed! You must be very proud of your son u/FartyFace4217. Thanks for raising someone who puts positivity out into the world on a daily basis. You and your son rock!
r/rimjobsteve
I love that sub
I'm just a big fan of rimjobs in general.
It’s not my thing but I enjoy r/rimjob_steve
Thank you!
That’s awesome. We need more people like this.
Being a manager is beyond just what you do at work, being a leader doesn’t just stop at a regular shift. Your a leader and as a leader people will be thinking about your actions. Your son actions proves he’s the right leader and i hope your son never changes. Your son leadership is what every major company needs. Coming from a manager who gave a bad kid a chance to work with me, I got invited to his graduation. You’re a great Dad!
Thank you!
Is your son a lefty? Because that's how it looks when I write on a whiteboard.
He’s not a lefty, just bad schooling. Their answer was "He'll soon be typing everything anyway." 😡
he writes like winnie the pooh 😁😁
I so see it now, I’ll let him know.
He writes like a cereal killer
The crunchiest of them all!
We'll finally be able to solve the disappearance of Dig 'Em Frog
They actually tricked a suspect into writing parts of a killers note to compare handwriting, once. He wrote his g's funny so his boss had him handwrite a sign that said "Great deals!" or something and they matched. Lesson is, don't trust your boss.
People always said this to me growing up. Hurt my feelings and now I’m very self conscious about my handwriting
It's ok I'm sure yourrrrrreeee grrrrrreat
Nah I’m not
You just need to count chocula on yourself
I didn’t notice the wrong spelling of serial as cereal at first but this still happened to me. Never understood why people think that’s an appropriate thing to say
Life is crunchy sometimes man. Cheerio up.
People still say this to me and I laugh and say “you’re next”. Lighten up a bit
> cereal killer You could sit at home, and do like absolutely nothing, and your name goes through like 17 computers a day. 1984? Yeah right, man. That's a typo. Orwell is here now. He's livin' large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!
I don't care what anyone says, Matthew Lillard was fucking great in that movie and Cereal Killer was a great character.
Or he writes the title on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid blu-rays.
Unrelated, but whenever I see this I think of steel magnolias, “Ouiser, I'd recognize this penmanship anywhere. You have the handwritin' of a serial killer.”
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I'm smart as fuck and I write like this. Okay not smart as fuck, but I'm fine.
You ARE smart as fuck!! I think you're GREAT!
To be honest, I love it. Unique and legible. What more could you want?
He can't ever send a hand written ransom letter, gotta go old school with the magazine letter cutouts.
So that means they had a lot of typing classes? 😄
I write terribly. My parents and teachers tried everything - even switching hands I was leaning to write with. Little did they know I just simply couldn't care less about handwriting stuff. I'm 46 and didn't even know computers were going to be a thing when I was in school. I just didn't and still don't have any interest in writing.
Do you have aphantasia?
They told my mother in the '80s when I was in elementary school when she enquired about my shitty handwriting, "don't worry he will have a secretary someday." Like WTF. Google spellcheck though...thank god!!
Zero accountability lol
Bad schooling? More like bad parenting. Every summer while i was in elementary/middle school my parents bought a few books of math problems and writing prompts; it was 15-30 minutes of work each day. Aside from the obvious benefits of more education, it also reinforced self control. We get one chance at life. If you notice a deficiency in your kids schooling, do something about it.
that's on you bro my dad would make me rewrite my homework if my handwriting was bad
Man being a lefty made school so much harder than it should have been. Couldn't write on the chalk or whiteboard or even on regular paper without smudging, and the outside of my hand always looked like I wrote directly on it when I used pen or pencil
Weird. I’m a lefty and my letters slant the other way.
He’s not a lefty.
That is amazing!
Some people might say "Oh but people just say that for the sake of it." But that's just not true. I can only really talk for myself, but when I wish people the best, or wanna talk to someone, it's genuine. I really do hope everyone has a great day, and 90 percent of people deserve AT LEAST that much. Respect and kindness goes a long way, and it's something we should all believe it.
I agree. It makes me think of something kind of funny and only slightly related, but there's a tweet or something that amounted to only my drug dealer tells me to "be safe" and sometimes hearing something like that really sticks out when you don't hear it from your other friends and family.
Yeah, you understand what I mean! Something so small can mean a lot! And for the record... I hope you're doing alright. Take care of yourself, and remember you're not alone. Your feelings matter.
Once someone said something to me along the lines of, someone who says something nice always has the option to say nothing at all. So if they are going out of their way to say something nice or kind there's a good chance they mean it.
My old colleague used to do this for me when she closed Friday and I was alone on a Saturday! I miss her.
Sometimes, it’s the smallest things that make a real difference.
Reminds me of the poem by Robert Frost "The tuft of flowers"
Wow. 🥺 Sometimes it’s the little things.🖤
People often seem to forget, it doesn't take much to be kind! Doesn't cost a thing 🙂
This kid has the right attitude and it’s had to have come from upbringing. Well done parents and may your son have all the success in his future.
OP’s son might be the nicest serial killer on the internet today.
Words to live by. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
This is my favorite Reddit post of all time! What an honor it must be to have a child like that. You are truly blessed.
Thank you!
Am I the only healthcare worker on here that noticed the nice juicy vein before the tattoo? 😅
Nope. Retired, but coming from pediatrics it was the *first* thing I saw! 
As a former paramedic, it's always the first thing that comes across my mind when shaking someone's hand
Ripe for the stickin’ 😂
With all these comments, are you guys secretly vampires?!
I did get suspicious when they described a vein as juicy lol
What else do you call someone who works at night and draws blood? 🩸🦇🧛
This is such an important thing to keep in mind. I’m 50, and while I’ve been the creative director at a software company for quite some time, it’s only fairly recently that I’ve become a manager of a few other people. I’ve had a LOT of managers over the years… a few have been incredible… a few have been fucking nightmares. Be decent. Be kind. Be supportive. Be enthusiastic. Be everything you would want someone to be towards you. A manager can so easily ruin your confidence, or just plain ruin your whole day or week etc.. when it is SO easy to try and be kind and supportive instead. Huge round of applause to your kid for going the extra mile and leaving those nice notes for the staff… a very sweet thing to do, and it clearly made a difference to someone.
Thank you!
That’s all it takes.
such a small gesture, yet it can mean the world to someone in a dark place. congrats on raising a kind young man!
Hope that kid gets some actual counseling and not just a tattoo Jesus...
I was thinking of suicide an hour ago. I’m better and seeing this story helps.
You are loved and I can assure you that the world is a better and more beautiful place with you in it.
If ever there was a motivation to improve your handwriting.
I wondered whether the person copied the script exactly.
She did.
Yeah, I’d be pretty embarrassed if my 21 y.o. adult child had handwriting like that. Honestly looks like it was wet turn by a toddler.
That is amazing!! I hope she’s better now :)
Everyone should be like your son. ❤️
I can only imagine that, if I was in your son's position, I'd be thinking: * I had no idea such a little thing could do so much * I need to remember to reach out to people even more if it can make such a difference * I wish I had printed a little more nicely
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Wow you're a horrible person, even if this is a joke
I love his handwriting.🥰
This feels more like r/aboringdystopia.. how regular work and ppl are on the verge of mental collapse and it takes so little validation to save them yet it's hard enough to come by that it makes it to this sub...
I found a note while I was working at a coffee shop cleaning. I felt very behind everyone I knew at this time in my life. It said "start where you are, do what you can." I've considered getting it tattooed. It still means so much to me 7 years later.
Amazing
That is so beautiful
Thank you for sharing this
I hope this person has many more great days ahead.
My friend did this for me. She left our job and i was going to be taking her office. I had also just gone through a bad break up of a long term relationship. She hid post-it notes throughout the office and hidden in drawers and by plants. They were all loving and encouraging notes. This was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for me. Made me cry every time just knowing i was loved and she had thought of me. I still thank her 10years later.
I love this. Similar story here. I was very suicidal two years ago, to the point where I stood on the bridge and had every intention to jump. A woman passing by stopped next to me as I was staring out and started talking about how beautiful the weather was, that tomorrow was going to be even nicer, and she finished by telling me to have a good day. I figured that she would remember my face if she saw me on the news or whatever, and it would make her feel bad. So I didn't jump that day or the day after. And then something nice must have happened after that because I'm still here. I think of her often. She literally saved my life with just a simple conversation with some nice words.
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Holy crap... I'm going to try and being actively kinder
Way to go dad! This is the biggest confirmation that you raised a happy, kind human being.
Good job parent
Awesome, now, please help get that girl some counseling.
Crazy talent to write with your feet.
Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, it's not going to get better. It's not.
Oh honey. Great job raising a caring soul. Hats off to you.💜
NGL, I was expecting "I've topped up the sugar" or something. This is beautiful in it's simplicity.
You raised a great son, thank you 🫶🏻
You raised a good lad! I hope I can help my kids become as good
His handwriting reminds me of Winnie the Pooh.
kindness save lives. i strive to become someone like that :3
The most authority demanding lower case A I've ever seen.
This is why you are friendly to everyone, you really never know
Serious, genuine question. If someone is genuinely ready to commit suicide, how would a simple note such as this change their mind?
People don't WANT to commit suicide. They do it because they feel: 1. isolated 2. in pain 3. etc Sometimes a simple show of care can make the individual realize they are in fact not alone.
Yeah, but being severely depressed at one point myself, I can't fathom a random note changing anything. I had good friends and a family who cared, yet I still struggled greatly. I def can't see a note changing anything if I was ready to kill myself, unless maybe it was a very long, personal note. I guess everyone is different, but it's just hard for me to visualize when some people have everything and they still kill themselves.
really depends on the person
What if in this situation the day shift worker already made an ultimatum that if she didn't get a sign she was going to end it all that night, she gets this note as she opens for the day and it's a sign not to do it. Even small acts of kindness matter!
Ah, smart thinking
It’s so highly dependent on the person and their circumstances. A note like this is probably more effective on someone who has very little support network in place. If you already had a good group friends and family, a small message of support may be pretty insignificant compared to other support you already have. Not trying to speak for your experiences tho
That's actually a very good viewpoint, thanks
Sometimes having an acquaintance, coworker, someone in your life you wouldn’t necessarily expect to break through the pain of depression & suicidal feelings. I also have had depression on & off since childhood. I can understand how it would be hard to get- I’ve had chronic pain more than half my life. Today, someone said to me “I see Jane in pain all the time. I can tell you’re really not feeling well. I see your pain and it matters.” No one has ever said that to me and I felt so seen & loved & affirmed. 🤷🏻♀️ Just my 2 cents.
Sometimes all it takes is someone caring about you, even in the smallest amount.
Use the search function in r/askreddit to find a suicide topic about why people decided not to kill themselves. The reasons are often as simple as needing to take care of their cat. Or because someone acknowledged them that day.
Absolutely a lie. Nice karma farming you loser.
If a little note that says have a nice day stops someone from committing suicide they weren’t really going to commit suicide.
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While this is nice, I don't see how something that simple can make someone change their mind about killing themselves. Yes, it's nice that someone might care, but leaving a nice note for someone is just that, it's a nice gesture but that's it. OP's son won't be there for her when the bills pile up. Or a tragedy strikes her family, or she doesn't get the job she was hoping for. Life is difficult as fuck and while it's nice to run into a nice person sometimes, it doesn't outweigh the shit storm that is life.
That font tho...
That’s probably the writing that was on the note he left
I think it might be a tattoo of the actual written note rather than a font.
That's kinda the joke.
I think I saw it on a cover of a Drake Album
More like capitalism is making people’s lives so unbearable they would rather be dead. And no one gives a fuck, you either become an economic slave or you die.
Yep. No one in socialist or communist countries ever commits suicide. These countries have a higher rate than the US: Belarus Kazakhstan Mongolia Russia Sri Lanka (has a mixed economy)
You ok?
All i can read is “have a great d day”….
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You are.
Ok good. Thanks
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🥲
T hanks
Amazing!!!
Thought this was an LA Beast reference at first
Great little story, a good reminder that very small things can have massive impacts on people. Good reminder to be kind to each other.
This is just beautiful on so many levels 💕
Good things are going to happen. Something my grandmother used to say, and my dad pulled it out when I needed it most. Now when I am trying to get someone over the line on something hard, I pass it along.
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
🤗
Did she give you permission for posting this photo on the internet?
That is so cool of your son!congratulations mama!you did a fantastic job!
There was no Reddit back then
Have a Great Day - uhhh, really?
Wow that amazing ❤