Monday, July 25, 2011
Talk about hot.!!!!
Over the weekend a friend had asked me to go to Denver with him to drop some pheasants off at his dads house. I was not going to go until he told me there is a Bass Pro Shop in Denver. So naturally being the avid fisherman that I am, I could not pass up an opportunity to go to this store. So we are all clear I would trade my mom for a killer fishing whole. After spending two hours in there I had collected about fifty dollars too much worth of fishing merchandise that I could not find anywhere near here. I also collect fishing lures and plugs. Standing in line at the check out a guy had some serious problems and slowed down the flow of traffic in that line. I waited for 15 minutes to get to the counter as I get there the lady looks at me and says "sorry but I am closed". My kinesics expressed much impatience as I saw 6 or 7 people get in line after me and leave well before me. I threw up a whats going on shoulder shrug with a look of confused anger. I immediately walk away because I know my next words will not be appropriate for general public. As I walked away I turned to look back to see if there was another checker that wouldn't be too long and that gal was helping the guy who was behind me the whole time. You wanna talk about hot. This was the only reason I came, I set my stuff down right there on the first shelf as you walk in and walked out right past the guy who was behind me as he is paying for his stuff and said real quietly "what the hell!!!!" I sat outside on the rock in front of the store to calm myself. Upon thinking about it for several minutes I opted to communicate in the form of a comment card. Knowing my mind is clouded with hatred for this store and would not be able to find the words I would have normally. I expressed in rational thoughts on the card then looked it over and threw it away. I started a second one to clear points and remove hostilities. I did however state that I will cease all business and recommendations to any Bass Pro store. I am not sure if anyone will read that and if they do even give a rats @$$ about it but I wrote it. I believe I handled this situation fairly well, however if rage wouldn't have set in first I could have used some charm to get my way. I was so appalled that she would have even considered shutting down with as many people as there were in the lines. Just ridiculous and bad business. I think using my charm to get my way rather than fleeing the situation could have been a better option. Charm, that is a quality of people that is subsiding in society I can see now. I will not let my anger get the better of me next time as I am sure I can get you to make just one more transaction. I totally forgot that sarcasm could have been a better route, like "i wouldn't want to miss my lunch break either." I would not have cared how that would have made her feel and would not have cared caused she obviously didn't care what I was feeling. So we know she did notice I was standing in line for awhile as I am not a quiet person and have a very loud laugh. I could have told a joke I could have done many other things and now I believe future encounters like this could be handled accordingly. GRRRR Talk about hot.
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A lesson I learned watching my mother in years past handle situations like this was to never handle the situation how she would! She would be mean and angry, shout, cuss. I've learned that when things like this happen a calming breath and calm words can help. Kill them with niceness!
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