Stabbed in the Back, Lied to, Abused, Mistreated, Let down, Broken, Discouraged, Pissed off, Angry, Hurt, Sad, Humiliated……..Just some of the Emotions I’ve felt in the last week or so… Normally I’m not a big “lets talk about our feelings” type girl…BUT COME ON, there is only so much a girl can take. Also, I’m usually a pretty fun and positive person!

     I’ve had Several things happen to me recently that really made me feel most of those words…..Most of them revolve around rudeness, just in general. It’s amazing to me how people can be SO rude, to someone who is being SO nice to them. I see this ALL THE TIME at the coffee hut (If you don’t know, I work at my moms Coffee hut also) Today a woman got raging pissed over her failure to look at my menu to see that a white chocolate mocha is .25 more then a regular Mocha…..She FREAKED OUT ON ME over a quarter. A FREAKING QUARTER!!!!!

    Once I had a man get so upset over his expensive coffee that after yelling all sorts of bad words and names at me, he pulled up, opened his door and threw all his garbage from his truck out on the driveway in front of 5 other cars…YEP PLAIN OL RUDE!!!

     I recently had an image I took critiqued by someone claiming to teach me something…..He Made fun of my image, it was plain ol Rude, I learned nothing from the critique, I can learn from my mistakes, I can even laugh at myself, but not when someone is putting you down and laughing at you, especially when they are supposed to be helping you (and I paid for this???) TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL IN EVERY WAY!

     I have Several friends, friends that LOVE my work, and really value my work, friends that show off the pictures that I took to all their friends and family, in turn creating more business for me, friends that truly love me, believe in me and support me. I”m not gonna go in depth on this aspect because I really value those people.

      I”m not a big Bible “quoter” However there is a Bible verse that people think about all the time that really gets overlooked in the world, Luke 6:31 “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” This is serious people! Treat your friends, family, co-workers, baristas, guy making your hamburger, guy mowing the grass at the park, people on the phone…EVEYRONE the same way you want someone to treat you when you come into contact with them. No matter where it is or who it is….. You affect other peoples lives, so a SINCERE smile and a GENUINE ”have a nice day” goes SO far with most people! 

    OH YEAH AND FYI if you are a big enough person to admit that you were TOTALLY rude to someone, you may think about going back and apologizing to them, I have had people do this before and it REALLY truly does make a difference to that person, and it speaks volume over the kind of person you are! We all have bad day, bad experiences, headaches, crazy children that drive us over the edge, but if those things have caused you to be rude to someone a small “I’m sorry about that time….” Will make you both feel better!!

Be nice tomorrow……