Learning To Be Served
What are you missing when you refuse kindness from others?
- Published in the May | June 2000 issue
- Written by Matt Woodley
In my home state of Minnesota, we produce rugged, self-sufficient folks. As descendants of the fiercely independent Swedes and Norwegians, we never ask for help. In fact, asking for help or even accepting help is called whining. So if someone offers to serve us, we politely but firmly refuse.Thus, our tongue-in-cheek visitor's guide, How to Talk Minnesotan,
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