Being Nice Does Have Its Rewards (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 22 2020	Views/Reads: 1224/812	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
After this little incident, I will take more time practicing to be nice to the people I meet each day.

It was one of those weeks. It seems that every week of mine is "one of
those weeks." Just when I think everything was looking fine, I 
discovered I was looking in the wrong direction. I should know better 
than thinking. 

Several problems developed with my vehicle, and I had to take it to the
garage. Fortunately, when I took it in, it wasn't as serious as I 
thought it would be. Of course, I was happy about that, and as I drove 
my vehicle home, I sang one of my happy songs. 

The next day, the vehicle had the issue again. I guess he heard me sing
that happy song and was going to try to prove me wrong. I should've 
worn a mask while singing so he wouldn't understand what I was singing. 
When am I going to learn? 

Oh well, it's one of those weeks. 

I took the vehicle back to the garage, and they solved the problem very
quickly, which made me happy. Remembering the last time I brought the 
vehicle home, I did not sing my happy song, at least out loud. 

When everything goes wrong, it is tough to be nice. Having a nice
attitude takes a lot of work, and I must say it is beyond my pay grade. 


It's not that I don't try to be nice, because I do. I guess one person's
nice is another person's naughty. Why is it naughty seems much better 
than nice? 

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage always reminds me when I'm going
somewhere, “You better be nice today!” 

I remembered years ago, I asked her to define for me what nice really
means. I won't do that again because she told me her view of being 
nice. I suppose I should have taken notes, but I didn't. 

After everything that went wrong this week, I was very much tempted just
to give up. I'm not sure what I would give up, but I was tempted to go 
in that direction. 

Then things changed. 

First off, I got a check from my publisher, which I was not expecting.
As I drove to the bank to deposit the check, I kept from singing my 
happy song just in case my vehicle was listening. But I was happy. 

When I got back from the bank, my wife saw that I was smiling and asked
what I was happy about. So, being the "nice" person that I am, I told 
her. And she was happy for me. 

It was just the beginning of the "nice" attitude in my week. 

My wife was away for lunch the other day, and so I had to get my lunch.
I stopped at Wendy's and got my lunch, and I have one of those coupons 
for a free Frosty. I used my coupon, and when I picked up my food, 
there were two Frostys. 

"Excuse me," I said to the waiter, "I only ordered one frosty, but you
gave me two." 

The person at the window looked at me, smiled, and said, "I just wanted
to do something nice for you. Go ahead, keep it." I smiled back at him 
and thanked him. 

When you get something free, and you're not expecting it, it really is
nice. 

Driving home, I was thinking to myself, "How can my week get any
better?" 

It started out bad, but was beginning to change course. 

As I was thinking about how nice the week was going, I decided to
celebrate it by getting an Apple Fritter. What better way to celebrate 
a nice week? After all, an Apple Fritter eaten without my wife's 


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