... Is brought to you by a Jewish episode.
I never had a problem with one of the companies we service. I show up, pick-up and drop off without a problem. Sometimes it is a bit uncomfortable when the guy just sits and smiles at me but I have gotten past that... somewhat.
Anyways, today I go to our scheduled time that HE gave me to do a pick up and to drop off a jacket. I saw the truck in the driveway so my first thought was "it must be a madhouse in there" and my second thought was "I hope he is in a good mood." Never has this guy ever yelled at me but he has repeated many things over and over due to paranoia even though the instructions are clearly stated on the paper, taped to the bag and a copy placed inside the bag. He even hands me a copy with the instructions. So after 3-4 papers of the instructions handed to me, he manages to stand there and emphasize the following:
"Please, please put these in boxes and fold them. Please, please do not mix up the items. This is VERY important." My reply is "I know, I have done this before. I assure you the best quality will be given to you with the instructions followed to the max" and his reply is "this isn't a laughing matter, I'm being serious." And I give back "I know you are, I am too."
It must be my passive voice that I tend to give at times where people have to state the obvious a couple of times but trust me, "moron" isn't written across my face.
So today, when I enter the massively busy place to deliver the item that needed to be delivered, I greet him with a cheery voice and he barks back "now is not the time!" Being that this is the first time that he barked at me I thought "whats next, couples therapy" and I told him "um, ok... want me to leave this with you?" and he said "I don't care what you do, now is not the time." Seeing that there wasn't a path for me to get to the other side, I told him "okay, when you are ready, give me a call or I will see you tomorrow." He said in an angry voice "fine." Normally, some people would be upset that they were yelled at for nothing and I would too but this mini event made me laugh all the way to my parked car. Seeing a short angry guy buried behind boxes and plastic just made me laugh... I pictured Cartman at some point and then I pictured my friend, who is also Jewish just laughing and saying "See, I told you..."
Guess that wasn't the right time to ask him which name brand has the best Kosher salt...... heh......
Signing out with a smile and a deli pickle,
LG
Monday, October 26, 2009
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Let me introduce you to my five rules for Jewish Survival:
ReplyDelete1-The minute you walked through the door frame it was all your fault. It doesn't matter what or why but accept it and move on. Besides I've had worse. Try getting blamed for stuff that breaks after 20 years of use and it's my fault for being too clean.
2-An angry Jew getting a cheery hello is like being punched in the face. If they're not happy, no one else is allowed to be.
3-To a Jew, everyone is assumed to have a comprehension disorder except themselves therefore the person they are talking to must be treated as if they're five. Whenever my mother reads me her paper of questions, her fingers start jumping to every word until I read that word. I feel like it's a fucking sing along song whenever she does that. But yea the main thing to remember is that it's not you personally.
Lol I should really make that Jewish blog...
And apparently I fail at counting..I originally was gonna do five but then blogspot deleted my entire comment because I was signed into the wrong email.
ReplyDeleteI hope the nutso apologizes tomorrow, sounds like he was having a day. Kill'em with kindness!
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