I have a pet hate. Well, I have a few, but one of the main ones is bad manners.
For many years I worked in PR, Marketing and Event
production, areas that demanded impeccable courtesy to people I worked for as
well as to clients and customer/consumers.
I have developed an engrained high standard of how I behave in professionally
circumstances and how I feel others should behave while on the job. A fairly strict, old fashion upbringing by older
parents, had something to do with this as well.
Don’t get me wrong, I know very well how to behave badly,
but there is a time and place for good or bad behavior. On the job, I try to deliver the best possible
service, promptly and courteously. But
when I don’t get the same service from others, a piece of the beauty of life
dims and fades.
It really is simple, acknowledge the other person and offer
them the same respect you would like to be given to you.
If that shop assistant greets you, respond in a pleasant manner,
don’t snub her. Say good morning to the
bus driver, most will respond, the odd one will just ignore you, but greet them
anyway!
If someone is chasing your business or yourself for money,
apologize and speak pleasantly to them. Don’t call them a dickhead, as I was
called just the over day… Not good
manners.
Set the standard and inspire others to behaving better towards
those around them. It just makes a happier world to live in. xxxx
