Sunday, January 30, 2011
Alice
As i mentioned in my first blog i work at a liquor store. In working in this environment i get to meet and see many individuals throughout the day.From watching the nightly news and reading the local papers and hearing from neighboring citizens Alice has gotten a reputation as a somewhat unwelcoming ,rude ,aggressive even violent place.I agree there are quite a few questionable individuals and I have seen my share of petty crimes in process . Regardless, of this I am privileged to see the greater essence of the humanity in this town. 99.5 percent of my customers are always respectful and courteous and greet me kindly as i give the mandatory welcome to the store. I have seen tattoo faced "thugs" ,ear gauged rockers and roughneck cowboys wait quietly and patiently together in line as our registers crashed on New Years Eve by far the busiest day of the year. Many were more apologetic to me for having to work the register then angry for the 45 minute wait they endured. I still have faith in humanity and i still see the good in all of us.
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Great blog. So sad your registers crashed at work on the busiest day of the year, but im glad your customers were very understanding. My parents used to think I dealt with alot of drunks working at a liquor store and they did not approve of me working there,but I never had any problems. I was a waitress at a mexican restaurant for years and put up with rude people working there. Thank God those days are over. =) Well hope your new year is going great.
ReplyDeletei agree with you lorenzo, i live here in alice as well:) Our town may have its share of crimes but so does every other town. I look forward to commenting more of ur blogs soon:)
ReplyDeleteLorenzo I'm very glad that you have had some good things to say about the people you've met working where you do. I can imagine it can be difficult at times. I actually was there on New Years Eve and had to wait in line for a while. Not 45 min, but I knew what I was getting myself into waiting till the last minute to shop. It's funny that some people get angry having to wait but they could avoided that if they planned ahead.
ReplyDeleteLorenzo I bet it gets busy at times, but some custumers have to understand that it is not always your fault for some things happening. I used to work at a hotel and I never knew that there were some picky people. Hopefully there are times that you have great days at work.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about the register.. Its great that you can still the goodness in people.. I see all kinds of people working on the ambulance to but you have to work in their favor=) some people are just so sweet
ReplyDeleteWow Lorenzo!! I really like your attitude towards humanity because it's an attitude like that that's gonna get you somewhere in this life!! Keep it up!! :)
ReplyDeleteThats awesome that after some of the negativity you endure you still see past that and have such a great attitude. Good Luck this semester and keep up the awesome attitude!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, even though there are ugly, mean people, we've still got those people with good hearts :) I hope you've had a better couple of months at work
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