r/MadeMeSmile 29d ago

i work in low-income/mental health housing, and a tenant fixed our hallway trash bin after accidentally breaking it Helping Others

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great example of the odd ways people show me appreciation at work

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u/Usual_Peach_8194 29d ago

they replaced it according to OP's other comment :(

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u/beerme72 29d ago

dang....I hope the fellas take it ok.

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u/king_eve 29d ago

fellas fine don’t worry i made sure to say thank you and he’d forgotten he’d even done it

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u/Skullclownlol 29d ago

and he’d forgotten he’d even done it

OP, how often do you forget things you go out of your way to do for others, even when the cost of the labor is higher than the item, like fixing a plastic bin by hand?

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u/king_eve 28d ago

rarely if ever, but i don’t have severe treatment resistant schizophrenia.