http://fromthesidekick.vox.com/library/posts/tags/sharing+is+caring/page/1/ What you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer en Vox Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:26:31 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss sharing is caring http://fromthesidekick.vox.com/library/post/qotd-sharing-is-caring.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(maura_ea) http://fromthesidekick.vox.com/library/post/qotd-sharing-is-caring.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://fromthesidekick.vox.com/library/post/qotd-sharing-is-caring.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:26:31 -0700 <blockquote><p>What do you most hate sharing with other people? </p></blockquote><p> I have to admit - and though I&#39;m ashamed I&#39;m not going to dwell on it - I&#39;m not a sharer. I&#39;m <a href="http://fromthesidekick.vox.com/library/post/qotd-neurotic-behavior.html">particular</a> about the condition of my stuff and 9 times out of 10 people do not return it in the same condition. In my own defense though, I&#39;m not always as careful with peoples items and ergo choose to not borrow unless I know the person doesn&#39;t care or I know I can replace if necessary.</p><p>If I had to pick one thing I don&#39;t like to loan/borrow - it would be books. I don&#39;t fold corners, dog-ear the covers, break the spines (quite a feat if I must say so myself, considering I don&#39;t dog-ear the cover either!) or fuzz the paperback covers. I&#39;m very careful with my books - and I don&#39;t expect anyone to be as careful because let&#39;s be honest - it isn&#39;t their book. I&#39;ll lend books to some, but they know how I am and they usually start off the borrowing conversation with, &quot;If anything happens, I&#39;ll just buy you a new one.&quot; I don&#39;t think that&#39;s ever happened, but I like the reassurance to be there :) Point in fact, I recently borrowed <em>The Other Boleyn Girl</em> from Jane and I asked her, &quot;Do you care what condition the book comes back in?&quot; - and though I had no intention of letting Ripley chew on it, I wanted to know what her reaction would be if Ripley did. </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://fromthesidekick.vox.com/library/post/qotd-sharing-is-caring.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf39c8443cb8f00e398ea32880004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd book sharing is caring