George | Ellerslie

“George. I’m staying at Ellerslie International Conference Centre. I’m up for a printing course. I’ve had two generous things while travelling in Auckland. Both have been in Ellerslie.

One was over at the Coffee Club. One of the workers there, seemed like a friendly spirit, and he was giving us information on where shopping centres were and where we could get a bite to eat, and just the way he was going about that was really friendly and helpful, and it was the sort of thing I’d do at home for people in Dunedin. I was at Too Cheap Cars and I went in and explained that I wasn’t actually going to buy a car, but she ended up explaining to me some really handy tips about buying cars from car dealerships, and it was really good, helpful, generous of her to actually take her time to do that, especially when there was someone else wanting to buy a car, and take one for a test-drive. 

It’s definitely important to be generous and kind in the community because we’ve got to show what we want to be like for other people. We’ve got to treat others the way we want to be treated. It’s the way humanity learns, and reacts to each other, is through communication, and communicating positively, it shows to others positive communication. If you make someone smile and it makes you smile, it’s two smiles for the price of one. Passing that on and sharing it around is done just by being generous and being positive and sharing that positive attitude for other people to have.

You’ve put me on the spot here! I grew up in Dunedin. My parents owned a café until I was 14, Governor’s Café. I value good times. I value people that want to share a smile and people that don’t mind putting their time in to have a smile, when someone’s putting effort in to do that. Sometimes when you’re in a group and there’s people that aren’t sure they’re not putting the motivation in to say anything, because they might actually be shy, and a lot of people, you find won’t say things, based on; I’m worried about what’s going to be said back, but humanity evolves through communication and through doing that, through speaking your mind and, and being honest.”