Ever get nuts over a pen compliment ...

[offbase]

I got really nuts yesterday. At a board meeting, someone complimented my Delta Dolcevita OS. He got all excited telling me how he keeps going to pen shops but never pulling the trigger on a nice fountain pen. So, nut that I am, I reach into my briefcase, pull out a Pelikan Amber 200 Demo with a 14k Binder .7mm cursive italic nib -- and GIVE it to him, case and all!

 

It's nice to be generous, but I wonder if someone would do that for me if I complimented their pen ...

[DRP]

Hey! I really love your pen! Incredibly great! Best pen I've ever seen! Man, you've got incredible taste! How do you pick pens as great as that one?!?

 

Did it work?

[rosey]

Good for you! I'm sure he appreciated your generosity greatly!

[southpaw]

Hey! I really love your pen! Incredibly great! Best pen I've ever seen! Man, you've got incredible taste! How do you pick pens as great as that one?!?

 

Did it work?

Like we didn't see that one coming

[zorroflores]

It was the best of you who gave that pen therefore a pen will come to you again, that is the balance of life...

 

mmmm, what pen?, what pen?...

Edited June 21, 2006 by zorroflores

[Dudley]

I gave some kid on the plane my rubiks cube. its nice to be nice sometimes eh? hope that guy takes care of your pen. =)

[Phthalo]

It's karma... what goes around will come around.

 

I haven't given away any good pens yet, but I have bought coloured gels pens, roller balls and blocks of crazy-coloured post-its for people who have admired those that I own.

 

I have given away a lot of photography equipment over the years - people who have lost or broken something that I see I can replace, or if they have borrowed something that they liked, or if I identify something that they could use and would like - I just tell them I'm happy to help. Karma has revisited me tenfold in the photographic community.

[kissing]

Your Delta Dolcevita OS is REALLY REALLY NICE!! Its absolutely beautiful! I always go to pen shops but i can never pull a trigger on a nice fountain pen I wish i could have a nice one like Pelikan Amber 200.

 

My address is 51 Peter Street....

 

 

LOL

 

I dont have enough pens to give away yet. Maybe when my collection gets bigger, i might do the same

[Slush99]

Not enough pens yet. i have gone crazy... but I didn't have enough money to get the person a pen.

[jbb]

No kindness is ever wasted. I think that generosity like that can only lead to more kindness and generosity. One of my snail pals once sent me five bottles of ink he was not using. It came at a time when I was broke and wishing I could buy ink. I was shocked, touched and thrilled. Hopefully we hold on to those moments in our heart and pay them forward whenever we can.

 

I gave away my inexpensive fountain pen when the check-out person at my supermarket was fascinated by the fact that I wrote my check with a fountain pen.

[kissing]

I gave away my inexpensive fountain pen when the check-out person at my supermarket was fascinated by the fact that I wrote my check with a fountain pen.

that was a very sweet thing to do

 

(what was the inexpensive fountain pen?)

[sonia_simone]

I would give away an inexpensive pen, a Safari or similar. But I am far too selfish to give away a Binderized nib!

[Bill_D]

I hope no one ever compliments you on your spouse or kids.

[kissing]

I hope no one ever compliments you on your spouse or kids.

!!

[formerchickenscratcher]

I love to do this occasionally. I always have a pen that while good I may have gotten tired of. I think giving pens or pen stuff is part of the great pen lover's culture. Usually though, it's just a Pilot Varsity which only sets me back about $3.

[kissing]

if love for pens is a disease...giving pens to eager, naiive people is like....spreading the virus

 

Yes! Another convert!!

[KCat]

nothing that nice but I have given away pens. Only once under similar circumstances as not many people note and admire my pens.

 

Got a compliment from a receptionist at my doc's office WRT my VP. I only see that doc every six months and it's a long drive and I had nothing else with me. However, that day I went to Dromgoole's (Houston shop) and bought a couple of Varsitys. Tested them briefly to make sure they were smooth, then when next I was in the med center for a different doctor, I walked the 3 blocks to her office and dropped them off.

 

Upon my return visit she thanked me and described how those pens lay on her dresser with all the other pens she's acquired as a doc's receptionist (BPs, gels, etc.)

 

I tried to give away a Reflex to a little one in the emergency room one time because she pointed at my pen, smiled, and nodded as if she understood the significant difference of the FP vs. bics. She was Asian and I suppose she did - if not directly, perhaps from an older family member. She was probably about 7 and very shy so she wouldn't even think of taking the pen. Her mother was busy worrying in conversation over the health of a loved one or I'd have spoken directly to her.

[kenny]

In some cultures (including my father's) if a person compliments you greatly on a possession, it is tradition to give that possession to him/her. There's limits, of course, but it is seen as a good thing to do.

[Nimrud]

In some cultures (including my father's) if a person compliments you greatly on a possession, it is tradition to give that possession to him/her. There's limits, of course, but it is seen as a good thing to do.

Got to be careful about giving too much praise then. It is embarrassing to have to reject a gift that is too generous. Also, in my culture, in some situations, to receive a gift is to owe an obligation.

[mike1]

Class act, that. Good job. You probably wet the need for more pens in that person. You've possibly enabled a developing addiction.