Thankless People

What is it with our society that we treat total strangers better than our friends? When I hold a door for a stranger at the gas station or the mall I almost invariably hear those polite words, "Thank you"; even if they're busy talking on the phone or otherwise engaged.

On the other hand, when I hold that same door for a friend, they just walk through as if the courtesy were somehow owed to them.

Now I really couldn't care less about a stupid door - that's just an example. What I care about is when I go out of my way to do a favor for a friend, requested or not, and the effort is simply blown off as if it were really more of an inconvenience.

So some of my friends are officially on notice. I don't care if you're "busy" - so is the lady on her phone at the gas station... and so am I. It takes twenty seconds to type the words "Thank you" into an email, about one second to say them in person.

Make it happen.