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Here is a new list of some amazingly simple things you can do online to help others:

Be a critic.  Start reviewing your favorite obscure books, movies, and small businesses to help them gain more customers.  Some sites that will let you start reviewing at are Google, Amazon, Yelp, IMDB, and Goodreads.

Be an expert.  Join a Google+ Community for a topic that you know a lot about.  If people post questions to the community, try to answer and help them out, or regularly offer general tips on the topic of choice.

Promote Adoptable Animals

Add a Petfinder widget to your site to help promote adoptable animals.  If you need help with this, contact me and I can walk you through the steps online.  http://www.petfinder.com/widgets-graphics/

Donate Items.  On Amazon, you can find wishlists for animal shelters & nonprofits.  Keep up with their wishlists and buy items when they go on sale on Amazon (you can ask friends & coworkers to chip in).  Then drop off or send your donations.

Share your favorite websites with the world.  Join StumbleUpon and add sites that you love but haven't gone viral yet.  Rate the sites that other people have added to help drive traffic to sites that you like.

If you have other suggestions on easy ways to help others, please let me know and I'll post them next week.

Help Support Local Businesses!

Yelp is a great place to review your favorite local businesses and perhaps get them some more customers!

Recent reviews by Angela T.

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Respect for People in the Service Industry

I think it is important to show respect for people that are working in any industry, but today I am referring to the food service industry in particular.  There are few things more awkward and regretful than eating at a restaurant with an otherwise pleasant person that has disdain for people in the service industry.  If it is necessary to send back food (and I often do as a very picky eater), be as polite as possible and don't blame the server.  Maybe it was the fault of the cook, maybe the server wrote the order down wrong, or maybe the order was just unclear.  Regardless, understand the hours that people work and stay on their feet just to make ends meet, and recognize that all of us make mistakes from time to time.

So if you come across a less-than-happy server, simply realize that you don't know their life circumstances or the type of day/week/month that they have experienced.  It is a more difficult and tiring job than you may realize.  Consider how lucky we are just to be able to afford to eat at a restaurant and have someone serve us; many people all over the world (including where you live) don't get to experience that luxury.  Give them a tip that you can afford and shows that you value their service.

Thanks for reading!  Feel free to share your own awkward experiences at restaurants (or anywhere else) in the comments.