r/AskReddit • u/AuthorConfident9386 • 13h ago

Men, what’s one small, seemingly insignificant thing you’ve noticed that can be a telltale sign of the difference between a genuinely good man and a bad one?

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u/reasimoes 12h ago edited 11h ago

Apparently that's what cause my wife attention to me. She said: it's funny how you treat the MC Donald's attendant the same way you treat your boss.

Apparently I was raised right. Anyways, that's very true.

Edit: wow, thanks for my first ever reward!

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u/Eminem_quotes 10h ago

It's a fact. I always treat everyone as an equal or better than myself.

In real life anyway. I can be a real dick to some people on here, LOL.

I treat restaurant staff well, I don't judge or mistreat people who are doing what many people consider to be "lesser" jobs.

I hold doors for everyone, always say thank you and please to people.

I just try to remember that everyone may not be in a place in their life that they want to be , or even expected to be, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be shown respect.

It's not that difficult to do.

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u/masterventris 10h ago

The whole lesser jobs thing is always bullshit.

If I am in a restaurant then the most valuable job anyone can perform right now is to serve me and cook my food. I don't give a shit about rocket science or cancer research while I'm waiting for my dinner!

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u/RandomMandarin 9h ago

If you think the people picking up your garbage aren't important, let them go on strike for a month. You'll change your mind soon enough.

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u/radlanrex 6h ago

Anyone who disrespects garbage workers is an idiot. First, those guys make good money, second they take away your garbage. WTF.

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u/RJ815 8h ago

Doesn't even take that long. Whenever a holiday coincides with (or sometimes even is one day adjacent) to a trash pick up day, waste management in my area skips until the next pickup about half a week later. Even just THAT is enough to cause logistics issues with overflowing trashcans or even issues with food rotting / flies if it's sitting in heat, rain, etc. I live in an area that got hit by a horrible hurricane some years back and debris pickup was like 3 months behind, and it was a nightmare for residents and businesses. There was money lost to damage but then a lot more towards not even being able to have normalcy for months.

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u/RollingMeteors 6h ago

people picking up your garbage aren't important,

u/pengweather is THE MOST fucking recognized username in the ENTIRE r/bayarea subreddit, by far, bar none.

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u/tvtb 3h ago

Society would break down if the tubes (sewer) and trucks carrying away your crap/trash stopped functioning. It would just build up around people's homes. People will try to bury some of it with mixed success. It'll attract animals. It will cause disease.