I was at school, Stevenson, my freshman year and I committed a random act of positive deviance by opening the door open for a teacher that had her hands full of papers. I don't know her name nor have I ever seen her before, but was by the sports center upstairs by the chorus rooms and I saw a teacher coming through the hallway with many things in her hands and the person before me had shut the door as a joke because I guess it's funny to be immature, but I held the door open for her and she was so thankful, more than a person should be for having a door open for them, but I guess in society today, doing a positive deviance is rare. By me opening the door for a stranger, I'd see this as a cliche because I thought that's something your always suppose to do for a person. When I saw the students in front of me just throw the door shut trying to be funny, I was kind of confused because I guess I didn't really expect someone to be so rude. It shocked me even more that I was thanked more than I needed to be. I felt good and as if I did someone extremely rewarding by the look of that persons face, but after all, it's always nice to put a smile on someones face, especially if they are strangers.
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