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Whoa

Maybe I am jaded but I thought the days of trusting strangers were long gone?

Yesterday I witnessed two amazing gestures of trust:

1.) At the Starbucks across the street from our house we were enjoying Frapacinnos at a table near the door and the gentleman to our right who was sitting working on his laptop, got up, put his laptop on his seat and WENT TO THE BATHROOM. What?! We just stared at his laptop and not that we were going to lift it but were just amazed that he generally trusted his environment to respect his potty break and leave his valuables be. Whoa.

2.) After Starbucks we took the boy across the street to the hair salon to have his hair cut so he would resemble a nine year old boy and less of a bobblehead. I didn't know they didn't take debit cards so he LET US LEAVE AND BRING BACK CASH. What?! He never saw us before and let us leave without leaving collateral or making one of us stay behind. Whoa.

Just really makes me further appreciate where we live. Not only are the people friendly, the property values doable, the water and air clean and I haven't seen one gangbanger or wigger since I moved here, people trust you here. Not some false trust because they are vested in getting something they want from you for free but they just trust others.

Makes me really happy that we are raising our kids here. Makes me feel more confident in raising my daughter to be more focused on who she is than what she is. I was so worried about that in LA.

So we got that. :)

Carry on.

posted by Rachel @ 11:24 AM