I have been blessed recently with my fourth round of a facial paralysis called Bell's Palsy. Having this makes me look like I've had a stroke because the one side of my face droops. I am unable to eat properly (I drool), can't sleep because I can't close my eye on that side of my face, and most importantly when one is in the service industry, I am unable to smile.
So one customer this past week asked me if I was having a bad day and I said "No, why do you ask?"
Her response: "Then why do you look so miserable?"
I said: "Oh, that would be because I have a facial paralysis which makes me unable to sleep so I'm tired, unable to eat easily so I'm hungry, and unable to smile because my face is numb. Oh, and it's very painful too. Thank you for asking."
She just blinked and walked away. I hope the fleas of a thousand camels infest her armpits and she NEVER has to go through something like that herself.
The only bright light is that I know it will get better (weeks or months, nobody really knows) and things will return to relative normalcy eventually.
So one customer this past week asked me if I was having a bad day and I said "No, why do you ask?"
Her response: "Then why do you look so miserable?"
I said: "Oh, that would be because I have a facial paralysis which makes me unable to sleep so I'm tired, unable to eat easily so I'm hungry, and unable to smile because my face is numb. Oh, and it's very painful too. Thank you for asking."
She just blinked and walked away. I hope the fleas of a thousand camels infest her armpits and she NEVER has to go through something like that herself.
The only bright light is that I know it will get better (weeks or months, nobody really knows) and things will return to relative normalcy eventually.
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