It is All about Communication

Ahhhhh, the end of the weekend. I usually have way too many things on my to do list to complete by the end of the day on Sunday. It seems that I could use just one more day on the weekend and I bet I could get everything done.

Here is a shout out to all service people. I know I have written about this before, but, once again, someone at Walmart was being a butt to the check out person. Two bags of candy that even Walmart wouldn't have marked to $2.50 were being disputed by the chickie in front of me. This all happened after I had put all my crap up on the check out counter. She was "Certain" that the candy was $2.50. So, a nice young man was sent to candy land at Walmart to see if her complaints were justified. He returned, a bit red-faced as he knew he had to tell her she was wrong. "No, it was some other candy. This candy is $5.88 but there was candy that was on sale for $2.50."

Oh, this pissed her off. She had already talked quite loudly about how she "rarely" goes to Walmart. The check out person told her to go to Customer Service. And, she left in a huff, not having even paid for her groceries! What the heck?

"Ma'am, you didn't pay for your groceries." the check out person said, nicely.

She stormed back to check out, and never bothered to go to Customer Service. Jeesh.

Some people.

Of course I had to talk with the check out person about the previous transaction. We agreed that it all could have been handled better, especially when she saw that two customers had all of their shit up on the counter, ready to check out.

I don't know why this kind of thing chaps my hide, but, it sure does. Rudeness. My god, I hate it when people are rude.

Laziness.... that is another one I have a problem with. And, I know I have written about that previously. I have decided to take care of my own laundry, dishes, pets. Had a heart to heart with the daughter today. She said she'd help more and apologized for not helping more. So, we will see how things go.

It is all about communication, isn't it?

Next week I have a hum dinger of a meeting to mediate. All I can say is, I could never write about a more volatile, interesting, strange situation than this one. No social work textbook would have THIS case study, altho it would be helpful if more case studies were like this. Wowee. I have rehearsed how I am going to mediate in many different shapes and forms in my brain all weekend. The goal is that everyone will be 'heard' and that a compromise will be reached. It could also go straight to hell, too. We shall see.

So, no new 'Mad Men' or 'Breaking Bad'. Crap. This changes Sunday nights. I'll make it work. I'm bound to find something that needs to be done!

Have a great week!