About this same time last year, I was at work that day as a cashier in the morning. We were holding an annual fundraiser for a charitable organization for kids with cancer, with options to donate $1 or $5 towards the children's treatments.
I would ask the customer if they are interested in donating which felt so strange because it felt like begging or the same feeling I've had doing door-to-door sales.
It felt to me like I was going to get 95% no and only about 5% yes... however surprisingly beginning at 7am shortly after the first customer, I had began receiving a lot of customers interested in donating.
So much so, I sort of got tired of even bothering asking some customers.
I got away with taking some rest until I served a hispanic lady buying her groceries asked her and she donated, then the next customers were middle aged men buying beer.
I had not asked them during the entire transaction if they would've liked to donate, so one of them spoke up to me and said "Hey, aren't you going to ask us if we would like to donate? We would like to donate too."
That was a moment of breakthrough for me right there. I realized how narrow minded I had been to think they would care less just because they were buying beer.
I had realized the essence of the saying "don't judge a book by it's cover."
Now when given the opportunity to share an opportunity with others, I keep this teaching in mind not to limit who may also wish to benefit or give, or who I share beneficial information with.
Of course be reasonable, but not on terms set by pure assumptions.
