what we think of others tells more about us

I just left this comment elsewhere: Humans project. What people think of others can tell you too much about them.

The best piece of dating advice I ever saw—and I wish I could remember where I saw it—was to pay attention to how your date treats the people who serve you. People who treat some people badly will treat anyone badly.*

In Dogland, the father tells a story my dad used to tell: A man is thinking about moving to a town, so he asks a local what the people are like. The local asks t...