what's the deal?

You grow up being told to be nice to people, to be polite and help others as much as you can. It becomes an internalized value to you and you think of it as being a positive gesture, or is it?

Truth is, recently I had quite a few encounters that proved otherwise.

People start to look for weird reasons for you being nice to them. Something along the lines of "what are you expecting in return?" and trying to stay cautious about what they will have to give to make it up to you. God forbid that it's a guy, then you'll be accused of trying to hit on him!

What happened to being nice just for the spirit of it? Have values changed? or have people become used to paying prices for whatever they receive? Where have I been all this time?