So you know when you walk into a store and the pushy salesperson comes at you before you have a chance to look at even one thing and you just want to turn around and walk out? Oh, or they keep trying to push a basket on you every ten seconds. I said I didn't want a basket!
Some people never grow up. They fail to realize that they are no longer living in a tree fort or college dorm. They're in their very own apt. or house. They need to take a little pride in appearances. Not teen appropriate movie posters covering the room and all your DVD collection laid out in full glory. Things like real curtains, furniture that wasn't owned by five people before you and has stuffing coming out. Suck it up and grow up.
Learn from your mistakes. I mean, if you got sparked when you touched the electric fence with your finger, why do you think pressing your whole arm to it's gonna have better results? If you're broke because you blew all your money on toys, maybe you need to stop buying toys? Especially now that you're making less / zero?
I don't care if you're paying the people, you still have to be decent to them. There are a lot of jobs that can't be done properly unless you give the needed information. Don't get upset with them when they only bring enough paint for one 10x10 room like you told them and it turns out that you want two 20x20 rooms painted. They're working off the info. you gave them. They're not mind readers.
Gratitude. Saying thank you is a good start. A lot of times, that's all that is needed. However, when someone has been doing a whole lot for you, you need to make some little gesture. Take out to a meal, fix a meal, bring a baked good, clean their gutters, etc. You also shouldn't get pissy when they've been doing a lot for you and now have to take a day to get their own lives together. It's generally nicer to aske someone to get or do something rather than just state or assume that they will. They are probably under no obligation to clean up after you when you have made a mess. If you make arrangments for someone to do something for you and then as they're doing it, you tell someone else to do it another way, be prepared for the first person to be upset for wasting their time.
"It takes a villiage to rear a child." Yeah. Don't assume that that villiage is just anxiously awaiting the chance to babysit your child. Do not leave your baby at a check out counter for the clerk to watch while you "go grab a few things." Do not let your child run around assuming that any "big person" is ther to act their parent. No random child in Wal-Mart, I will not put fresh batteries in your PS3. Well kid in the library, I'm sorry your game on the computer isn't working but talk to your parents, whoever brought you here, or the nice people behind the desk. It is NOT okay to send a 9 year old our roaming on public transportation waving around a roll of twenties.
I have a sneaking suspision that especially in the current economic situation, even the niecest people can get a little power trippy when put in a position to hire someone else.
If you post a job online, have an online application, and have a site for your company, maybe you could help an applicant out and have something like a mission statement or something? You know just so I can have some key phrases to throw in to show I did at least look up your company?
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