Jet Blue Bells

Sunset. March 7, 2008. Get a bell and ring it everyday for a year at sunrise and sunset. This installment: There are no windows in the Jet Blue Terminal so I called my friend Mary from the airport to find out what time the sun was setting. Thank you Mary.
Most people I asked to ring bells with me these past few weeks have agreed to do it. Much of the time, it was people who were waiting around or on holiday, and it was an interesting way to pass the time. People were generally open and friendly. So I was disappointed and also somewhat irritated by the reaction in the Jet Blue waiting area when I asked a few people there to ring bells at sundown. Everyone in this one area was sitting around -waiting, so I explained that the sun was going down and would they like to ring bells with us, and BINGO! I heard a reply that I hadn't heard since driving the other bell around the country. "No thanks, I'm OK".
I have been baffled by that reply since I first heard it. "No, Thanks. I'm OK". I didn't ask if you were OK. I asked it you wanted to ring a bell. When I discussed this with Sherri, she thought it meant that the person was NOT OK. That makes sense. I'm OK means "I'm not OK. I don't' like this and you make me uncomfortable". Is this an American thing? Are we so afraid of strangers and any activity out of the ordinary?
The propagation of fear, especially in airports, is not a worldwide phenomenon or campaign. But it is in the US, and it works.
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[Jobafan08]

wow, haha i wouldnt have minded =)) sounds fun