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In the last twenty-four hours, have you held the door open for a stranger? Tapped the shoulder of someone who dropped his or her glove on the subway? Placed a toonie in a homeless person's hand? If you answered yes to all three, well, you could do better. In a recent Harris/Decima poll, sixty per cent of Canadians said that, as a country, we're still "not kind enough." Yet, in the same survey, thirty-seven per cent said they'd done a good deed for a strangers within the last day. In a country where strangers apologize profusely for ever-so-gently brushing shoulders on the street, we still think we should up the ante. Of course, the poll was commissioned by Maxwell House, conveniently timed with their "Brew Some Good Week," where they catch random acts of kindness on the street and reward them with TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS!!! Er...two coffee coupons. But still, sixty per cent? We hope those surveyed knew that claiming to be "nice enough" didn't fall into the unkind/rude category. It's just the way we are.

Someone at Maxwell House's marketing department must be catching on to some of the hints we've been dropping lately, because on the morning of Wednesday, March 26th, they'll be giving out free coffee to TTC riders at Eglinton Station. Get this—they're also giving free subway rides to the first 10,000 subway riders. It's a pretty awesome random act of kindness. And for good PR measure, Maxwell House is donating $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity.