Has this ever happened to you?

Question

One time, out of the goodness of my heart to help the less fortunate out with free food from McDonalds, I got donated a bunch of plain hamburgers. I felt pretty good about and saw that there were some hungry really poor folks who needed food, so, I went over there and offered them the handburgers with little ketchup packets. Everything was going great and I got that warm fuzzy feeling inside of real joy when it happened! A small teen boy walks up with his two hamburgers I had given him and yells, "Yuk, they don't have cheese on them or tomatoes!" Then he throws them down on the ground. As the local dog was eating to his delight I was taken a back! I thought; "Sheesh! What an ungrateful kid man!". I had NEVER experienced that before! Man! That really threw me for a loop! Most folks say "Thank you." Or "God bless you", but I never had ANYONE do that before. I still get a bit nerved about it every now and again when I get to thinking about it. I just simply could not believe IT!

Answer 1

Yes, some people are never grateful, no matter how much you do for them.
Keep on doing what you are doing and forget that kid.
I work in a poverty stricken school and we get the same attitude from some of our kids too.

Answer 2

All that you need to concern yourself with is the fact that you helped. It is very kindhearted of you and should be appreciated, unfortunately not everyone reacts the same way. A teenager is a teenager! No matter how much they may need help they might not be too kind about excepting it and try to make you feel like you didn't do well enough. Something similar happened to me when a mother and daughter were out side of a store asking for money or food. The daughter seemed embarrassed by it an the mother seemed a lil shy also. They were obviously in need of help by the look and sound of them. I didn't have much but still felt for them so handed the lady $10 dollars and told her that I hoped they would find better times. She said 'thanks so much' but the girl scoffed and said 'cheap b****' she knows she could give us more. I was insulted and appalled but i didnt do anything about because i knew if she didnt appreciate it at least it would help somehow, she wouldnt complain when it took the form of the food going in her stomache. and she had fallen on hard times and not everyone can pull off a 'things will get better' attitude. some people just have to vent it out ... even if it is against the people who are tryin to help.

Answer 3

What were you looking for when you gave to "the poor folks who needed food"? Did you think that all would be grateful and you could enjoy the "warm fuzzy feeling" and go to bed content with the world? I know you weren't expecting to run into the ungrateful, but maybe you should have paid more attention to the poor dog that got to enjoy what the boy threw away so casually. Your heart was in the right place, his wasn't, don't look for answers you'll never find and don't judge all by the actions of one. I wonder how hungry the boy was that he could be so casual with free food. Or was it how angry and hurt he was by the casual gift? Consider it.....

Answer 4

Good for you for at least trying to help less fortunate people. Next time I might recommend a healthier meal though. As for the ungrateful little brat, try not to worry about people like him. Every day you carry that thought around with you is one more day of his negativity hanging on your shoulders. I saw a man on the street begging with a sign that said will work for food. Well I didnt need any work, but I cleaned out my cupboards and found an old coat and brought it to him and he acted upset about some of the food I brought--said he couldnt eat it because he didnt have a can opener. You just cant help some people. Maybe they dont want to be on the street anyway, and even if they ask for help, maybe they're ashamed!

Answer 5

Hey, you can still hold your head up knowing you did the right thing. Don't worry about the kid; young teens can sometimes be that way. He probably was too proud to want to appear to be grateful, so he went too far in the opposite direction to pretend that the hamburgers weren't really important. It was essentially bad acting. Feel sorry for him. It must be really difficult to be that young, and poor, and in need of help from others when you're of the age where you want to look "cool". He's a sad and angry kid.

Answer 6

No I wouldn't say THAT has happened to me. However, yesterday I lent my gameboy with a supermario game to this little boy and little girl. The deal was, everytime it was gameover for one of them, they would hand it over to the other to have a go. The little boy got impatient and just couldn't wait until the little girl finished her game so he started to snatch it from her. Then he got demanding and said he wanted to play this fighting game that my brother owned... which I deemed it to be too violent for his age. He started screeaming and didn't want to give the gameboy back. That boy then went up to his mum and said that I wasn't being and fair and that I didnt know what sharing meant. See my point is, yes, some kids don't appreciate anything because well... they just don't understand why they should. Not just kids, some adults are like that too. It's just the matter of talking sense into them I guess. But I do understand how you feel... it's like something heavy's sitting on your heart and you feel.. i dunno, 'how could they do that?!' sort of thing. So yes, you're not alone on this one ;)

Answer 7

Try not to become jaded ...
You are going to find that a lot in life..
I have helped people and in return they stole from me...

But you have got to keep on doing what you feel is right...
Its very very hard to know when you are "casting your pearls before the swine"..Or when you were someones last hope..

God will show you the way!!!


Also I just realized...God is the only one that can look into the heart..
The little boy has is dignity!!! By accepting a hand out it may have suffered a little....He could reclaim that dignity by doing what he did...

He could have turned and walked away being very gratefull to you!!! Even the poorest has the right to dignity...Often that's all they have left>> Don't judge him too harshly<<

Answer 8

Yes, this happens all the time, and it teaches us to be more humble and never expect a reward (not even a thank you) whenever we give from the heart. You were in fact fortunate to have witnessed the rightful owner of the hamburger (the dog) relish it. Don't be discouraged.

Answer 9

You'd be on the set of coronation street! In theory i wager if no longer some thing ever happend,there ought to were no huge Bang which may recommend that situations for life does no longer were created!! In physics isn't there a regulation that states each and every action HAS AN equivalent AND OPPOSITTE reaction?? for this reason if there became no preliminary action,evoloution does no longer exist.... Cool! Existential questions:)

Answer 10

That is sad really.

My mother was a customer relations at MC Donald's and she had the ability to hire someone. She saw a man on the street begging for food. So she handed him an application and told him he could get free clothes free food and a paycheck and she would give him a try. He spat at her.