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CheerfulTabby22
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When you work with the public in any form, I think ya see a bit of both.
I’ve had the occasional person look at me with hatred, when their credit card doesn’t go through.
If it’s not very much, such as a $5.00 total, I’ll sneakily try to pay it- hopefully my bosses don’t catch on…awkward shuffling of feet (FIRED if so, heheh!)
Gulps
But much of the time it’s a three-hundred-Dollar amount, their card isn’t working, and their anger is turned towards me.
Shudders
And I DO understand. I know this must be awfully frustrating, for a person! Especially if they’re in a hurry, etc. And I’m honestly blessed! I don’t usually get grumpy folks, at work.
But it does wear on the soul.
And sometimes, when on my way to work, I whisper the line from T.S Elliot’s Ash Wednesday (Funnily enough)
”Teach me to care, and not to care. Teach me to be still.”
~
But ya know what…?
Most people are WONDERFUL!
Kind, friendly.
Sometimes, I get to hear a little girl or boy say, “Gramma, gramma!” as they bug their grandparents, And I’m reminded of when I was that age, and how awesome my grandparents are.
Sometimes, I get to meet new people, and we strike up an awesome friendship!
Sometimes, I get to see tiny little babies, days after they’re born, brought in by sleepy mothers on hurried shopping trips.
And sometimes, all is right with the world.
So I guess my lesson from all this is to take the good and the bad, and to accompany people. To always try to walk a mile in their shoes, (Even when they’re grumpy)
Just some afternoon thoughts~
I’ve had the occasional person look at me with hatred, when their credit card doesn’t go through.
If it’s not very much, such as a $5.00 total, I’ll sneakily try to pay it- hopefully my bosses don’t catch on…awkward shuffling of feet (FIRED if so, heheh!)
GulpsBut much of the time it’s a three-hundred-Dollar amount, their card isn’t working, and their anger is turned towards me.
Shudders
And I DO understand. I know this must be awfully frustrating, for a person! Especially if they’re in a hurry, etc. And I’m honestly blessed! I don’t usually get grumpy folks, at work.
But it does wear on the soul.
And sometimes, when on my way to work, I whisper the line from T.S Elliot’s Ash Wednesday (Funnily enough)
”Teach me to care, and not to care. Teach me to be still.”
~
But ya know what…?
Most people are WONDERFUL!
Kind, friendly.Sometimes, I get to hear a little girl or boy say, “Gramma, gramma!” as they bug their grandparents, And I’m reminded of when I was that age, and how awesome my grandparents are.
Sometimes, I get to meet new people, and we strike up an awesome friendship!
Sometimes, I get to see tiny little babies, days after they’re born, brought in by sleepy mothers on hurried shopping trips.
And sometimes, all is right with the world.
So I guess my lesson from all this is to take the good and the bad, and to accompany people. To always try to walk a mile in their shoes, (Even when they’re grumpy)
Just some afternoon thoughts~
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