May 1, 2012
Conversation
Man: "umm the copier closest to us, this one, the one on the right-- is broken! And it won't log me out!" Me: "ok, it's probably ok that it won't log you out if it's broken. Also that's not my jurisdiction, but I'll look at it to see if I can help." Man: "wow! You have a very narrow purview, DON'T you?!" Only a split second pause Me: "well, yes, I mostly smile at people and work with the printers." Man: "well, SOMETIMES!!" And he fumes off. Rudeness is simply terrible for the world. It didn't look good on him. But mostly I'm mad because no, actually, I smile ALL the time. But he is certainly never getting a smile from me ever again. Rather, he's getting a HUGE smile.