Rab-Eye posted a video about our views of life and to avoid cluttering his thread I offer a thought here.
For a while now whenever a cashier or someone else apologizes for a minor inconvenience I reply that if that is the biggest problem of the day it will be a great day. This instantly releases tension and usually generates a smile.
Very good response Bill.
Don
wjones8637 wrote:
Rab-Eye posted a video about our views of life and to avoid cluttering his thread I offer a thought here.
For a while now whenever a cashier or someone else apologizes for a minor inconvenience I reply that if that is the biggest problem of the day it will be a great day. This instantly releases tension and usually generates a smile.
Well thought out, beautiful, and very considerate.
I plan on starting to use it and hopefully continue a trend.
We need something positive like this now . . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends
We are on the same wave length. I use that too.
Another, that I credit to my Dad, a funeral director for 62 years, when asked "How are you?" replied "I woke up!"
Think I'll start doing that today. To paraphrase Arlo Guthrie, we might start a movement.
How kind of you. How nice of you. I may use this !
If you're speaking of the term, "excuse me," I think it is a term of polite society, such as "thank you." Both, to me, seem to be in too little use today.
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
If I wake up in the morning, put both feet on the floor, and stand up, ITS a good day> There were a few times that the last 2 things were not possible.
Fredrick
Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area
wjones8637 wrote:
Rab-Eye posted a video about our views of life and to avoid cluttering his thread I offer a thought here.
For a while now whenever a cashier or someone else apologizes for a minor inconvenience I reply that if that is the biggest problem of the day it will be a great day. This instantly releases tension and usually generates a smile.
Great reply! I’m going to start using it.
Yep, great thought and saying.
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