I walked into an eatery, and it was empty. But I saw the employee turn and walk away from me. Mind you, this is such a normal response I expect because it happens that employees don’t really wanna serve, and do talk shit about customers. I had my music on headphones so it is my bad if i was greeted. I’m have a job that involves greeting people. I do take pride in making everyone feel welcome, so I’m sorry I get offended. I also have an issue with people who have jobs, making money, which is what they want, then noone seems to care anymore about finding and keeping employment that the attitude I see is lackadaisical and unenthusiastic wherever I go. Our interaction finally happened, there was no acknowledgement, only lackluster words, “what would you like today?” Maybe I should’ve taken initiative and said hello first? I am a responsive person and I know how tedious it is to greet what is mostly a rotten population. Maybe I should’ve stopped my music as soon as I got in the door, but the music really does calm me from so much noise. I didn’t do these things. I’ll never know. Anyway, I’m sorry I walked out when the person tried to serve me very passively and apathetically. I can’t take more of this uninspiring world we’re living in. Though the world goes round and round, and I’m sure my walking out is just making the cycle endless. We live in a delicate world of irony and contradiction. Light and love all transmit and transfer. But it’s hard when my own light and love has diminished. Again contradictions. And when to give light and love because, to be honest, so much faith and trust is gone in it.

One reply on “My Bad?”

  1. It’s 100% the headphones. Much as you like staff to focus their complete attention on you when you are in an establishment, staff do not particularly enjoy feeling like someone’s afterthought during an exchange. We’re all trying to meet each other halfway in this world, but that involves making at least half an effort on each end. That staffer has likely had enough headphone/airpod/bluetooth “I’m sorry, what?” conversations with potential customers to see the worst-case scenario play out enough times. Consider their discomfort as well as your own.

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