Hello everyone. My name is Shannon. There are some things I know how to do and I'm going to teach you how to do those things on Tuesdays because How To Tuesday sounds good. Or Maybe I'll call it How To-sday. That makes sense right? Yeah you guys are smart enough to get that I'll change the title.
Recently I've actually had a lot of nice customers... which is great for me! I just feel like not everyone in the world is a nice person and maybe- just maybe they need a little lesson in being nice. This blog will teach some do's and don'ts of being nice to people... mainly people that work in stores.
1) Do not snap at someone for doing their job- At work, part of my job is to ask for customers emails to send them coupons and whatnot. Pretty much every store does this. I can understand how it gets annoying to people, especially with all of the target-scam stuff thats been going on... but that doesn't mean that you should snap at a person when they ask. You can decline politely, say "no thank you" or "I'd rather not" don't say "I'm not registering for anything, I just want to buy my shirt and get out of here." That's not nice, nor is it necessary. That person is just doing their job and doesn't need any added stress from a simple question. This can go for anything in life. Politely decline something you don't want. Don't just reject it rudely.
2) Be Patient with people- This is for anything. I feel like it can be very hard to be patient with people sometimes, but losing your temper because of it won't solve anything. I feel very stressed when I'm rushing when I'm with other people or rushing a situation in life, but I've learned patience and I think that that has helped a lot.
3) If you see someone struggling with something, help them- I go to college and usually I go back to school from home by train, and I usually have lots of bags filled with food and laundry and my laptop... and it gets heavy. One time, I was holding like 3 bags, I was carrying a big suitcase and I was sweating. I was clearly struggling with all these bags. Some woman sees this and hands me a menu and says "try my Deli it's right across the street." and hands me the menu like I have a spare hand to carry it in. I was like "BITCH DO YOU NOT SEE ME WITH ALL THESE DAMN BAGS? YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND" but because I'm not a rude person and she had her kid with her, I decided not to. This pissed me off a lot though because I clearly could not hold anything and I was struggling. I thought maybe this woman was trying to help me, but no she gives me this damn menu. That menu went in the trash and I won't be going to that deli anytime soon... and I've told all of my friends not to go there because that was just awful. Probably not nice to be blogging about this... but I didn't mention the name of the deli... so it's okay lol.
4) Recognize that no one is perfect and that people can change- This is another hard one to do. I recently went to a grammar school reunion, so I ran into a lot of people that I didn't necessarily like back in the day and they weren't necessarily nice to me... but life goes on. I haven't seen some of these people since high school, and some of them for an even longer time than that... it's not like I'll ever see them on a daily basis again, and I'm okay with that. I feel like I can actually like people now that I don't see them daily lol. And people do grow up and change. I am much different now than I was when I was in 6th grade... its almost unrecognizable. If people were to judge me solely on how I acted in that time, they might not like me either, so I'm trying to forgive people and not hold grudges. There are still a few people I'd like to punch in the face if I ever see them again... but you know. Hopefully I don't.
5) Always smile and say thank you to people- This is just something that I think can really help. I went to a food place recently and the person working there was not particularly the nicest person there. I can understand that she was having a hard time and was just trying to follow the rules. I don't know what is going on in her life to make her so crabby, so I can't really make a judgement. I can smile and thank her, and hope that that makes her a little bit nicer to me next time I go there. Something tells me no it won't but it isn't that hard to just smile and thank a person for helping you (even if it wasn't very much).
These are all easy little things that you should just honestly think about before judging someone. Even if it is someone you are close to, you still do not understand what it is like to be that person, so judging them isn't a good thing to do. Being nice and accepting of other people is just a much better way to live your life. It will make you much happier in the long run and I think that there isn't a lot that is worth the drama of meanness.
This is kind of cheesy but it's something I've noticed recently: If you are nice to people, people will be nice back to you. If you are rude or mean, people are just going to be rude and mean back to you. Sure, not everyone will be nice to you and you probably won't be nice to everyone either... but putting positivity in the world will just make things more positive. And negativity will just bring everyone down and put you in a worse mood than you already are.
Hope you guys like How To-sday. I have at least a couple more planned. It will be on all different things because there are a lot of things that people need to know how to do... including me. lol.
Byeeee!
-Shannon
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