I've read this post over several times, and here's what I get from it:
1. The Guy had a ticket to something he wasn't interested in seeing. 2. He offered said ticket up to the world. 3. A Nice Girl(tm) gratefully accepted the ticket. 4. Said NG, with no further input or association with the Guy, built herself up through hard work and diligence. 5. NG's gratitude for the earlier charity of the Guy leads her to take his picture very expertly, gratis. 6. Guy then relates all of this in his LJ, proclaiming the wonders of being nice.
My take on this:
A. Guy offers unwanted thing to world. B. Girl accepts thing. C. Girl later expresses gratitude for thing.
My kvetch is that step #4 is added to the tale but confuses the issue. It makes it sound as if, somehow, his freebie had such a strong impact on her life that she wouldn't be where she is now without it; in fact, his gift and her work had nothing to do with each other.
I'm glad the Guy is a Nice Guy; I just wish he'd left out the over-emphatic paragraph in step #4.
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1. The Guy had a ticket to something he wasn't interested in seeing.
2. He offered said ticket up to the world.
3. A Nice Girl(tm) gratefully accepted the ticket.
4. Said NG, with no further input or association with the Guy, built herself up through hard work and diligence.
5. NG's gratitude for the earlier charity of the Guy leads her to take his picture very expertly, gratis.
6. Guy then relates all of this in his LJ, proclaiming the wonders of being nice.
My take on this:
A. Guy offers unwanted thing to world.
B. Girl accepts thing.
C. Girl later expresses gratitude for thing.
My kvetch is that step #4 is added to the tale but confuses the issue. It makes it sound as if, somehow, his freebie had such a strong impact on her life that she wouldn't be where she is now without it; in fact, his gift and her work had nothing to do with each other.
I'm glad the Guy is a Nice Guy; I just wish he'd left out the over-emphatic paragraph in step #4.
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