11/17/2013
The second time that I came to this food pantry I started to get an idea of the ones
that come regularly. When I saw their faces, I could see the same expression on
it that there was last time. They all looked like they were going through the
motions sometimes, and they could go through the whole process with their eyes
closed. Even though it seemed robotic, they did not seem sad. It was almost
like they didn't care and still wanted to be happy even though they were coming
to the pantry and waiting in the ridiculously long line that the pantry has on
Saturday. Seeing that, it only made me realize that I am not as optimistic as I
thought I was because if I were in a long line like that I wouldn't be happy at
all, and I wouldn't try to hide it neither. They have taught me that
if they can go through mornings like that after they have gone through
their weeks, I can do the same thing when I have to tolerate different things.
I am looking forward to seeing what other things I can learn from going to the
food pantry.
The second time that I came to this food pantry I started to get an idea of the ones
that come regularly. When I saw their faces, I could see the same expression on
it that there was last time. They all looked like they were going through the
motions sometimes, and they could go through the whole process with their eyes
closed. Even though it seemed robotic, they did not seem sad. It was almost
like they didn't care and still wanted to be happy even though they were coming
to the pantry and waiting in the ridiculously long line that the pantry has on
Saturday. Seeing that, it only made me realize that I am not as optimistic as I
thought I was because if I were in a long line like that I wouldn't be happy at
all, and I wouldn't try to hide it neither. They have taught me that
if they can go through mornings like that after they have gone through
their weeks, I can do the same thing when I have to tolerate different things.
I am looking forward to seeing what other things I can learn from going to the
food pantry.
11/09/2013
The first day of doing community service at this food pantry was fun for me. I realized that I can really change the outcome of someone's day by just befriending them while carrying their groceries for them. There were nice people, but there were still certain people who were, unfortunately, not a joy to have around. The other volunteers referred to them as the
regulars. They would often say, "He was actually nice today.", or, "She has been
worse" as a woman left the building screaming. It seemed funny at first, but
then it wasn't so funny anymore when I looked around and saw the faces of
the regular volunteers. They all looked like they hated to be there, with the
exception of the woman in charge. She was the only one that talked with a
smile, but looking at the other sunken faces showed me the true feelings that
the crew had. When seeing that, it just made me want to be as nice and as happy
as I could be when helping everyone. I figured that they were already mad that
they had to wait in such a long line to get their food, the least I could do is
make sure that they leave happier than they walked in.
The first day of doing community service at this food pantry was fun for me. I realized that I can really change the outcome of someone's day by just befriending them while carrying their groceries for them. There were nice people, but there were still certain people who were, unfortunately, not a joy to have around. The other volunteers referred to them as the
regulars. They would often say, "He was actually nice today.", or, "She has been
worse" as a woman left the building screaming. It seemed funny at first, but
then it wasn't so funny anymore when I looked around and saw the faces of
the regular volunteers. They all looked like they hated to be there, with the
exception of the woman in charge. She was the only one that talked with a
smile, but looking at the other sunken faces showed me the true feelings that
the crew had. When seeing that, it just made me want to be as nice and as happy
as I could be when helping everyone. I figured that they were already mad that
they had to wait in such a long line to get their food, the least I could do is
make sure that they leave happier than they walked in.