I know I stated that this blog is dedicated to creating a better you and even though the last few posts have been helping you become a better you in the physical sense, I felt the need to incorporate stuff that would help create a better you in a mental sense as well. After all, there’s no rules in blogging so let’s roll with it.
I was at the drive-thru giving the person my order and anytime I gave an answer I’d respond with “Yes Ma’am” (like I always do when ordering) and the voice of the woman taking my order got super cheery as soon as she caught onto it.
It came time to pay her and my talkative-Communication-major-self struck up a conversation with her, asking how her day was going. We joked about working and how it sometimes seems never-ending. Right before I had to pull-up to the next window she told me “Thanks.”
Of course I’m confused, why is she thanking me? I didn’t do anything. I guess she noticed the confused look on my apparently blatantly obvious face and followed her statement with:
“That’s the most I’ve talked to someone and I’ve been here at the window for almost 5 hours now.”
Baffled, I told her it was nothing and that I always chat people up because I clearly love to talk && then we ended the conversation with cheery goodbyes to one another.
But I mean, wow. No one bothered to ask the person who was serving them how their day was going, or even bother saying something more than their order to her? && judging by how she reacted when I replied with “Yes Ma”am” when ordering, it seems like nobody really showed her any obvious respect like that. Call me crazy, but is that not strange to anyone else??
So next time you’re ordering at a drive-thru, at the cash register somewhere, or see someone doing custodial work—tell them hi, use “sir” or “ma’am” or, even better, ask them how their day is going. You could easily make someone’s day, someone’s shift, && even put a smile to their face. && if they are happy, they’ll most likely do their job better and the list goes on and on with how far this chain reaction can go.
They might be confused as to why the hell you’re doing that, but trust me, it’s a little thing that will go a long way. So go on your way and make someone’s day!
-Chanel T.
