I think I am getting better.........
I was truly proud of myself over the weekend. I ran into a person I despised when I lived here in GB during college. Seriously, I almost punched this person more than once. However that was 8 years ago and so much has changed that when I was confronted with this person in a store and could not avoid them, instead of being my usual furious self, I did something very surprising..... I WAS NICE! I asked how the person was doing, how their family was and in general was very friendly and felt good about our exchange when I walked away. I thought, wow, my patience and tolerance have really improved, this is wonderful!
Of course then some other situations came up these past few days that lead me to believe that I am not cured of my general intolerance for those who are MORONS:
-There is nothing I can't stand more than servers at restaurants who are idiots, I have been waitressing for 15 years and still think it is one of the EASIEST jobs in the whole world. Jeff & I went out for a rare meal alone Saturday night and I couldn't help but take note of a server who thought he was rather smooth, his hair was slick, his shirt was unbuttoned one button too many and he pranced around the dining room like he was the SH*T! The table next to us requested blue cheese dressing, this genius said, "We do not have dressing, we just have blue cheese crumbles and ranch dressing." I said to Jeff, loud enough for this guy to hear, "Well then you have bleu cheese dressing IDIOT!!!!"
-Earlier today I called a facility to reach one of my customers. Now I don't know about you, but my picture of what a receptionist does is that they answer the phone and take messages if the person you are calling for is not available. Again - not too difficult usually. I called one of my customers, was told by the receptionist she was in a meeting. Then there was a LONG pause. Finally I said, "Okay, This is Angela calling from..." And she said, "WAIT WAIT WAIT, I need to find some paper" Then there was a one minute pause while she was apparently looking for paper & a pen. Um- if your job was to answer the phone and take messages, wouldn't you have paper & a pen with you? Anyway my customer never got my message and called me later wondering why I hadn't called her.
So yes, I still think the world is full of morons and I am FURIOUS in general!
I was truly proud of myself over the weekend. I ran into a person I despised when I lived here in GB during college. Seriously, I almost punched this person more than once. However that was 8 years ago and so much has changed that when I was confronted with this person in a store and could not avoid them, instead of being my usual furious self, I did something very surprising..... I WAS NICE! I asked how the person was doing, how their family was and in general was very friendly and felt good about our exchange when I walked away. I thought, wow, my patience and tolerance have really improved, this is wonderful!
Of course then some other situations came up these past few days that lead me to believe that I am not cured of my general intolerance for those who are MORONS:
-There is nothing I can't stand more than servers at restaurants who are idiots, I have been waitressing for 15 years and still think it is one of the EASIEST jobs in the whole world. Jeff & I went out for a rare meal alone Saturday night and I couldn't help but take note of a server who thought he was rather smooth, his hair was slick, his shirt was unbuttoned one button too many and he pranced around the dining room like he was the SH*T! The table next to us requested blue cheese dressing, this genius said, "We do not have dressing, we just have blue cheese crumbles and ranch dressing." I said to Jeff, loud enough for this guy to hear, "Well then you have bleu cheese dressing IDIOT!!!!"
-Earlier today I called a facility to reach one of my customers. Now I don't know about you, but my picture of what a receptionist does is that they answer the phone and take messages if the person you are calling for is not available. Again - not too difficult usually. I called one of my customers, was told by the receptionist she was in a meeting. Then there was a LONG pause. Finally I said, "Okay, This is Angela calling from..." And she said, "WAIT WAIT WAIT, I need to find some paper" Then there was a one minute pause while she was apparently looking for paper & a pen. Um- if your job was to answer the phone and take messages, wouldn't you have paper & a pen with you? Anyway my customer never got my message and called me later wondering why I hadn't called her.
So yes, I still think the world is full of morons and I am FURIOUS in general!
1 comment:
Poor service is something I can't stand either. I've sent many a nasty email to various companies (and received gift cards for my troubles). Yes, I also send emails when I get exceptional service, but that is so few and far between...
Good on ya for not punching the person you hated. You're a better person than I am. :)
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