Let's talk about how some of the nicest people seem to be located in the south. Particularly Georgia, because that is where I am right now. Being from up north I think that I am surrounded by pretty nice people-- it's just that everyone has their bad days and we northerners tend to get a bad rep. I am rarely honked at when driving (compared to what my parents endured, hailing from Long Island, New York) and sometimes people even hold the door for you when entering a store. I also know lots of people from the mid-west and those are some pretty nice people. But, as much as I have visited Georgia, I forget just how nice people are here (generally speaking). That southern hospitality, I guess.
I am not just talking about our friends that are family, (they are very nice) but strangers. People in my aunt and uncle's neighborhood always wave and give the appropriate greeting for the time of day. I have heard "good morning" and "how are y'all" more than a few times. This morning Ben and I had breakfast at a local cafe and a guy walked in from outside with his coat still on and stopped by our table to say "do y'all need more coffee?" I am assuming he works there (if not, then he is a super accomodating stranger) but the first thing he does when he walks in is see how he can best serve us. A cashier asked how how my holiday was, and as strange as it sounds, had real sincerity in her voice.
I also met a friend of our friend who was also very nice. She is a very amazing and fun artist whose can be found at edhose.com, and she is nice. So nice, in fact, that we got to talking about camp and frog-themes and she said something along the lines of "I have a few rough sketches that you might be able to use for day camp things." Just hours later she, whom I just met, sent me three fantastic sketches of fun froggies to spruce up some Day Camp signage. Watch out Day Camp-- ED Hose has come on the scene and you're about to get cuter!
I have taken lots of pictures of our Christmas and festivities in Georgia, but I have no camera cord... so, another blog...
4 comments:
People in Cali are nicer, but that might just be all the pot smoking hippies in Ocean Beach.
People in the south seem to have more time and seem friendlier.
We are nice, aren't we?
=)
Whenever I worked the (dreaded) ski sale a few years ago in NJ, people would come through the lines and I would ask how they were. There response was usually along the lines of, "you aren't from here are you". ha...
LOL RaCeQu.
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