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	<title>Comments on: Giving All Year Long</title>
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	<description>Lizard people dude. Seriously.</description>
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		<title>By: rolo</title>
		<link>http://blogging.la/2007/12/29/giving-all-year-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46704</link>
		<dc:creator>rolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>that has happen to me too, i&#039;ve gotten parking permits from people leaving the school parking lot. Its nice, at first its kind of weird but then you realize what a beautiful world we live in lol. I would do the same, too bad i take night classes and Im the last one to leave the damn parking lot.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that has happen to me too, i&#8217;ve gotten parking permits from people leaving the school parking lot. Its nice, at first its kind of weird but then you realize what a beautiful world we live in lol. I would do the same, too bad i take night classes and Im the last one to leave the damn parking lot.</p>
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		<title>By: cindylu</title>
		<link>http://blogging.la/2007/12/29/giving-all-year-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46703</link>
		<dc:creator>cindylu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been the recipient twice in the last month of a free parking permit given to me by a person leaving a UCLA lot. The spots there are pay-by-space for as little as half an hour to as much as a day ($8). I usually don&#039;t buy full day tickets when I drive to campus, but the next time I do this, I&#039;m definitely going to try and pass along my day permit.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been the recipient twice in the last month of a free parking permit given to me by a person leaving a UCLA lot. The spots there are pay-by-space for as little as half an hour to as much as a day ($8). I usually don&#8217;t buy full day tickets when I drive to campus, but the next time I do this, I&#8217;m definitely going to try and pass along my day permit.</p>
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		<title>By: Art</title>
		<link>http://blogging.la/2007/12/29/giving-all-year-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46702</link>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also like to buy stuff off of street vendors and give them the change off of a larger bill.

Going into a store that caters to folks differing from you (for my brown self, a yuppie or asian store for example) where everyone takes note of you and just act really nice to everyone. Not in a contrived patronizing way, just genuine niceness (even if it is just a few smiles), it usually sets off a chain reaction of niceness. I guess this has more effect because I look kind of choloish, but it works at all levels.

Check out any minority restaraunt in a bad part of town, and tip well.

As Chavo mentioned, drive with some courtesy (although plenty of arseholes will take advantage of it and cut you off), usually listening to jazz, oldies or classical music helps with this.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also like to buy stuff off of street vendors and give them the change off of a larger bill.</p>
<p>Going into a store that caters to folks differing from you (for my brown self, a yuppie or asian store for example) where everyone takes note of you and just act really nice to everyone. Not in a contrived patronizing way, just genuine niceness (even if it is just a few smiles), it usually sets off a chain reaction of niceness. I guess this has more effect because I look kind of choloish, but it works at all levels.</p>
<p>Check out any minority restaraunt in a bad part of town, and tip well.</p>
<p>As Chavo mentioned, drive with some courtesy (although plenty of arseholes will take advantage of it and cut you off), usually listening to jazz, oldies or classical music helps with this.</p>
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		<title>By: darleene</title>
		<link>http://blogging.la/2007/12/29/giving-all-year-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46701</link>
		<dc:creator>darleene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mmmmm, guavas. In Tagalog (Filipino), they&#039;re called bayabas. I&#039;ve got two giving tips:

-In line, if you&#039;re behind a difficult customer, just smile when its your turn and try to move things along as fast as possible. There&#039;s no use in complaining about how slow service is.
-Don&#039;t use your cell phone when you get to a cashier. Seriously, from a former barista, its just annoying.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mmmmm, guavas. In Tagalog (Filipino), they&#8217;re called bayabas. I&#8217;ve got two giving tips:</p>
<p>-In line, if you&#8217;re behind a difficult customer, just smile when its your turn and try to move things along as fast as possible. There&#8217;s no use in complaining about how slow service is.<br />
-Don&#8217;t use your cell phone when you get to a cashier. Seriously, from a former barista, its just annoying.</p>
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		<title>By: EL CHAVO!</title>
		<link>http://blogging.la/2007/12/29/giving-all-year-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46700</link>
		<dc:creator>EL CHAVO!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I thought the bags were a nice touch as well.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I thought the bags were a nice touch as well.</p>
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		<title>By: frazgo</title>
		<link>http://blogging.la/2007/12/29/giving-all-year-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46699</link>
		<dc:creator>frazgo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like that they tucked some bags in the fence to make it easier to tote your booty away.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like that they tucked some bags in the fence to make it easier to tote your booty away.</p>
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		<title>By: Art</title>
		<link>http://blogging.la/2007/12/29/giving-all-year-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46698</link>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Instead of bitching about tagging, donate to a nonprofit that promotes art in working class communities:  www.elacamp.org

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