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You can't control somebody else's face
I was at work over the weekend - reminder I work at a truck stop & I was standing near the truck counter & this trucker comes up to me & says "ya know your janitor guy, the one walking around cleaning & stocking stuff, he doesn't smile enough & isn't friendly enough." I was trying really hard not to 
, but kept a straight face & told him "well, I'm sorry sir, but you can't control somebody else's face." He then proceeded to tell me that his was a legitimate complaint & that he tried several times to talk to the janitor, but he didn't answer & wouldn't smile. I just told the him that I would pass it along & he left, but the whole time I was thinking - his job is to clean up after morons like you - NOT to entertain you!!
This particular guy I work with is a nice guy, has a quirky sense of humor & is very good at his job. He makes sure everything that needs to get done while he is there - gets done. He doesn't smile much - his job is pretty much solitary with very little interaction with people, even other employees. Why on earth do people think it is his job to entertain them?
On another note - On New Years Eve, they found a body of a young (26) female doctorate student from VCU behind the gas station next door that my company also owns. It is a suspicious death & the police are looking into it, but I feel SO bad for the family of that girl.
, but kept a straight face & told him "well, I'm sorry sir, but you can't control somebody else's face." He then proceeded to tell me that his was a legitimate complaint & that he tried several times to talk to the janitor, but he didn't answer & wouldn't smile. I just told the him that I would pass it along & he left, but the whole time I was thinking - his job is to clean up after morons like you - NOT to entertain you!! This particular guy I work with is a nice guy, has a quirky sense of humor & is very good at his job. He makes sure everything that needs to get done while he is there - gets done. He doesn't smile much - his job is pretty much solitary with very little interaction with people, even other employees. Why on earth do people think it is his job to entertain them?
On another note - On New Years Eve, they found a body of a young (26) female doctorate student from VCU behind the gas station next door that my company also owns. It is a suspicious death & the police are looking into it, but I feel SO bad for the family of that girl.
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