And now, let's talk about me...

[Alex]

Oh, I remembered a serious example. I once received a Christmas card from essentially a total stranger saying the world needs more people like me.

I was walking through San Francisco one day and came across what was essentially a road rage incident where a guy was beginning to beat on a woman in an attempt to get his car keys back (he was probably intoxicated and had hit her car, while he was arguing with her husband the woman had taken his keys out of his car so he couldn't leave before the police showed).

I pulled him off her and kept his attention focused on me (a lot of "you want to hit me? Go ahead and hit me but that'll just ensure that you're going to jail" and "you've already screwed up, do you really want to take this to the next level?") until the police showed up.

Six months later, Christmas card (and I have no idea what, if anything, happened to anybody involved).

So next time you all are finding me irritating, just remember there is some woman in Redwood City who thinks there should be more of me.