It’s kind of difficult to be kind

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For more details, visit www. photographyshow.com NINE in 10 Britons would describe themselves as kind, yet refuse to carry out simple acts of goodwill.

More than one in three would never give a busker spare change while 45 per cent would not stop for charity collectors, according to a survey.

Three-quarters of parents avoid volunteering at school events, one in 20 will not hold doors open and one in five never pays a compliment.

More than half say many people are too self-absorbed to care about anyone else with threequarters claiming kindness and tolerance is dying out.

However, two-thirds say their parents brought them up to be a kind person while a modest 24 per cent claim kindness is just a part of their DNA.

The poll found the average adult believes he or she does four kind things a day.

But a third said modern life gets in the way of being a model citizen.

The survey for online retailer AO.com also revealed a host of traits we believe a kind person has – such as putting out your neighbour’s wheelie bins, laughing at jokes when they aren’t funny and bringing cake into the office.

The survey was to celebrate Random Acts Of Kindness Day, on Saturday.