TRAFFIC
I don't know why but every transaction today at the Folsom outlets involved Rebekah and I being indirectly involved with someone involved in a problem. At the Gourmet store we waited in line behind the girls whose credit card "wasn't working". That took a few minutes. At NIKE the guy in front of us couldn't count his coins. In GUESS the "flavory" gent next to us debated with no less than three employees about a return/exchange. Meanwhile I was stopped by the sensor at the door that was left on one of my shirts.
Rebekah apparently heard some good stuff in GUESS about a mother chastising a girl who tried on a pair of jeans that "her fat ass" wouldn't fit into. With a stern face. Not joking. Mom's can be cruel. But so can people in general. Just because you are a parent or a mom doesn't mean you are cruel. Cruel people are just cruel people and they happen to have kids.
Some great people have kids. Some great people don't have kids. But it's the great people who have parents we should all thank. There are people you surround yourself and when you get a chance you should probably nudge one of their parents and mention that their kid turned out okay.
Especially if a parent happens cruel or generally one of those Jerry Springer-like guests in-waiting. You can let them know in spite of all their efforts to ruin their life, their child turned out to be a decent person that you want to spend time with. What bugs me is that as we all get older parents start to slip away. In some cases like mine they pass away on one side and on the other you decide that you no longer want to communicate with that side of the family.
Family really is what you make of it. Sometimes you have to walk away from the crazy mother and the bitchy sister. I am trying to instill in my brother and Rebekah, too that there isn't a win/loss scenario in dealing with parents. You are always going to lose. You might as well look at it that way. Try to save your dignity and salvage a working relationship by just nodding and backing away when it gets too much. Use phrases like, "anything I can do to help," "just let me know what I can do," and "thanks, have a nice day". Maybe the trick to maintaining a relationship with your parents is to treat them like a customer at a retail store. Just humor them until they get what they want and get the hell out so the next customer can get their transaction completed.
My parents birthdays are coming up. I am thinking of some of those customer service videos you have to watch to improve your "people skills".
I don't know why but every transaction today at the Folsom outlets involved Rebekah and I being indirectly involved with someone involved in a problem. At the Gourmet store we waited in line behind the girls whose credit card "wasn't working". That took a few minutes. At NIKE the guy in front of us couldn't count his coins. In GUESS the "flavory" gent next to us debated with no less than three employees about a return/exchange. Meanwhile I was stopped by the sensor at the door that was left on one of my shirts.
Rebekah apparently heard some good stuff in GUESS about a mother chastising a girl who tried on a pair of jeans that "her fat ass" wouldn't fit into. With a stern face. Not joking. Mom's can be cruel. But so can people in general. Just because you are a parent or a mom doesn't mean you are cruel. Cruel people are just cruel people and they happen to have kids.
Some great people have kids. Some great people don't have kids. But it's the great people who have parents we should all thank. There are people you surround yourself and when you get a chance you should probably nudge one of their parents and mention that their kid turned out okay.
Especially if a parent happens cruel or generally one of those Jerry Springer-like guests in-waiting. You can let them know in spite of all their efforts to ruin their life, their child turned out to be a decent person that you want to spend time with. What bugs me is that as we all get older parents start to slip away. In some cases like mine they pass away on one side and on the other you decide that you no longer want to communicate with that side of the family.
Family really is what you make of it. Sometimes you have to walk away from the crazy mother and the bitchy sister. I am trying to instill in my brother and Rebekah, too that there isn't a win/loss scenario in dealing with parents. You are always going to lose. You might as well look at it that way. Try to save your dignity and salvage a working relationship by just nodding and backing away when it gets too much. Use phrases like, "anything I can do to help," "just let me know what I can do," and "thanks, have a nice day". Maybe the trick to maintaining a relationship with your parents is to treat them like a customer at a retail store. Just humor them until they get what they want and get the hell out so the next customer can get their transaction completed.
My parents birthdays are coming up. I am thinking of some of those customer service videos you have to watch to improve your "people skills".
wtf:
Ahhh parents, it's good to know I'm not the only one.