[Nfbk] What are your thoughts?

[Cathy Jackson]

Wow! What to say! Melanie you are probably right. I too wonder if the victim wasn't blind, had some other disability, or elderly would the manager have been so generous? I would  like to think so but we will probably never know. I suspect the good deed received such media attention because it was a slow news day. In a world where there is so much evil people like a feel-good story. This one happened to feature a blind guy. 
Cathy
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On Sep 21, 2013, at 8:20 AM, "Melanie Peskoe" <mpeskoe at twc.com> wrote:

> Hello NFBK family,
> I listened to an article this morning titled “Warren Buffet Calls to Thank DQ Employee for Helping Blind Man”. Here is the link http://umanoapp.com/clip/523c9ad17c61a4bef0d94b92 if you’d like to listen to it as well – it’s only about 2 minutes long. Essentially, the article praises a store manager for giving a blind guy $20 of his own money after the guy dropped a $20 bill and the person who found it would not return it. I have very mixed feelings about this article and I’d like to hear what you all think. On one hand the store manager did a good deed that should be appreciated – he gave out of his own pocket to help someone. But that’s where my good feelings about this situation end. Here are my problems with the situation. First, would this guy have given his own money to anyone else who dropped their money ‘and’ would he have gotten the same notoriety and praise for doing so? Why is the fact that he gave to a blind guy so noteworthy? Because the general public still sees blindness as something to pity. That’s all I will say about it for now, because I’d like to hear what you guys have to say. Do you agree with me or do you have a differing opinion to offer? I’m eager to see what conversation follows.
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