[blogblogginaway]

"Doing good makes the benefactor feel better, not the person being helped, he said. When the person on the receiving end can't repay the kindness and feels compelled to feel appreciative, he or she can become extremely frustrated. Acting out can occur."

A simple sincere 'thank you' would do. The above statement is BS. People who are 'used' to getting something for nothing 'expect' others to give, therefore the attitude. Example, them getting angry because they couldn't 'take' with them the appliances. Of course it never occurred to them the next family in need would need those things. Complete and utter "we're entitled" selfishness.

[shezza]

Example, them getting angry because they couldn't 'take' with them the appliances. Of course it never occurred to them the next family in need would need those things. Complete and utter "we're entitled" selfishness.

Ah, but they did end up taking those things. The article says they had to "fight" to keep the appliances, and the DiMaggio's agreed to let them. Probably not worth the headache and hassle to force them to bring them back. You're right, it is certainly a "we're entitled" selfishness.

[hocndoc]

I was taught to "pass it on." If the family had been busy working and going even further to fix the house up, and had tried to do some charity work on their own, they wouldn't have had any energy left over to "vent."