Thursday, December 11, 2008

A Good Gesture Equals A Good Mood

There are days at work when I hate everything. Customers are evil. They don't care about me or any of the other Hasting's employees. People put all their hate from the week onto on anyone who is associated with slowness. I may be over-exaggerating but it is still horrible. So that puts me in a dour mood and I don't care about customers. And when a customer comes up to the register, I give me a mumblely, "How are you doing?" It's dumb. And no one really cares. But one day, when I was on the edge of exploding, God sent an angel. This girl came up and I started with "How's it going?" and she said, "I'm doing great, how about yourself?" Then I spouted some lie to the effect of "OK" but I wasn't. She noticed and told me that I didn't sound fine. This was crazy. Did she care about me for just a second? I don't know but I like to think she did. After finishing the transaction she wished me a good day. That changed my mood for the rest of the day. Based on this situation I want to make a promise to myself. I want to give at least one compliment to a person. Maybe I'll make someone's day. Maybe not but what's the worst that could happen.

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