G.C. Edmondson, "Blessed Are the Meek"

Earthlings encounter a civilization of laidback aliens.

(from 33 Science Fiction Stories)

But there's a twist at the end, kind of... Say what? This story's from 1955? That explains some things. What kind of a crackpot sci-fi collection did I buy on the Kindle for like $.99 or whatever? You can read it here, somehow.