Empathy for heaven sakes!
I am a flight attendant…I HAVE been: A server A front desk clerk A hotel operator A day care worker (okay only for 4 hours) A convenience store clerk A retail clothing clerk And a mom I am always amazed at the kindness and adversely intolerance of the service seeking public. I have been spit at, called a plethora of foul names, barfed on (obviously, that was not a controllable incident), swung at (thanks to my handy 3 weeks of karate, I dodged that one), told that my service was the worst ever, pushed into the lap of a passenger (a few times) without any acknowledgment they were responsible, yelled at, lied to, threatened and most fun of all…the superiority treatment. I am a very happy positive person. It takes a lot to get to me. I love to observe people and see how I can make their life better. I try to let the negative go right through me and not lodge itself right beside my gizzard where it festers and becomes a gangrenous mass of negativity. What I usually get…com...