HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!!! OR not{PER DEBBIE AT KNIFEHOG]

stevewest said:
my rule of thumb in sales is that the customer goes where he or she is made to feel welcome.
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That's a good business attitude and a good personal attitude also. No one needs to know the trouble you've seen or hear a personal anti-holiday philosophy. Walk down the street and smile, it doesn't hurt a bit.

Being Jewish we didn't celebrate Christmas, but when someone wishes me a Merry Christmas, I wish them the same. It's a courtesy, not a religious discussion, it's a polite way of acknowledging the season and the other person's good feelings.

The sign shop sent around a crew to put up a holiday scene on the big front window of our post office lobby. The scene was so non-denominational, it didn't have any religious symbols at all, just a snow-covered hill with evergreens and skiers. One customer came up to me with a sour face and griped that she didn't appreciate my decorating a government office for a religious holiday.

Gaahhh ... some people just love to make the world unhappy. :(
 
In a me me me world sometimes people lose touch with basic kindness that was taught in childhood. Then again there are alot of good folks out there to balance it all out:)

Happy holidays and birthday to you sir and may your health improve:thumbup:
 
For some people the world is not a very happy place.
OP, she chose not to return your greeting, that was her "personal choice". You choose not buy from the shop she works for anymore, your "personal choice". That's what the world is about, "Personal Choice".
 
"Personal choices" are fine... being rude is not. So do you suggest being rude is a "personal choice", and you're good with that?

I'm in sales, and if I said that to a customer, I would likely be looking for a new job.


rma100 said:
For some people the world is not a very happy place.
OP, she chose not to return your greeting, that was her "personal choice". You choose not buy from the shop she works for anymore, your "personal choice". That's what the world is about, "Personal Choice".
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knifehunt said:
"Personal choices" are fine... being rude is not. So do you suggest being rude is a "personal choice", and you're good with that?

I'm in sales, and if I said that to a customer, I would likely be looking for a new job.
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I didn't say I was good with anything. I just made an observation. No need to be rude.
 
knifehunt said:
"Personal choices" are fine... being rude is not. So do you suggest being rude is a "personal choice", and you're good with that?

I'm in sales, and if I said that to a customer, I would likely be looking for a new job.
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He was quoting her reply to the op when asked why she didn't return the greeting. "Personal choice". . .then rather effectively turning it around and saying it is also the op's "personal choice" to no longer do business with the company.

Not sure what compelled me to point that out:)
 
I used to work on ATM's and consequently spent a lot of time in banks. One year I wished the operations officer at a branch a Merry Christmas as I was about to leave. She basically read me the riot act because she was a Jehovah witness. How was I to know, she was oriental looking, she could have been a Buddhist for all I knew. That was back in the 90's. Now people are fighting in malls and stun gunning each other for the holidays? Merry Christmas.
 
Merry Christmas, TrackerDan! You can't change their minds, but you don't have to let them change yours. Stay on the side of the angels! :D
 
hardheart said:
So she looked like a rug? Human beings appear Asian, not oriental. And Buddhists can be any color.
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But Buddhists are the last people on earth to take offence at other people making assumptions about appearance, holidays,'culture' etc etc. A lot of people choose to take offence and delight in it, a source of dangerous and needless conflicts. When I was a small kid in school there were kids from all denominations and walks of life: various Christians, secular people like me, Buddhist, Jewish,Muslim,Hindu,Sikh. I can't remember anybody taking offence about celebrating Christmas, kids from other beliefs often talked about their own festivals or holidays, we all just envied the idea of another day off school.:D:D

It was rather cold and off putting for this woman to be surly to the OP but I think all heartfelt greetings (not the mechanised corporate have a nice day crap) should be responded to with at least a thanks. Being polite and pleasant CAN make a big difference sometimes. Other peoples' lives often are bad and that's a good reason for trying to spread cheer at least sometimes, it can lighten the gloom.:thumbup:
 
KB3AUM said:
with all due respect and a few grains of salt,i was far from butthurt Sir.it was also far more than returning a holiday greeting-it was her total rude and unprofessional attitude.
YOUR ATTITUDE DETERMINES YOUR ALTITUDE.
may your holidays [what ever they may be] be happy and bright.
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Was she rude the rest of the conversation? I remember when I worked in retail I had a customer who called and tried to dictate how I greeted her. "Hello" wasn't good enough, she demanded I say "Good morning". I wouldn't have minded saying that, but I'll be damned if I was going to say it on demand. I referred her to a competitor, any competitor.
 
Lone_Wolfe said:
I remember when I worked in retail I had a customer who called and tried to dictate how I greeted her. "Hello" wasn't good enough, she demanded I say "Good morning". I wouldn't have minded saying that, but I'll be damned if I was going to say it on demand. I referred her to a competitor, any competitor.
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When my post office lobby got very busy, we would send a clerk out there to help people with questions or paperwork before they got to the window. One customer followed this clerk around nagging him about anything he could think of, interfering with the customers who really needed help.

The clerk finally turned to him him and said, I'm a public servant, not a domestic servant. The man got the hint.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
When my post office lobby got very busy, we would send a clerk out there to help people with questions or paperwork before they got to the window. One customer followed this clerk around nagging him about anything he could think of, interfering with the customers who really needed help.

The clerk finally turned to him him and said, I'm a public servant, not a domestic servant. The man got the hint.
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Nice one:D:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Here's a different take on things (and I am not defending rudeness - I don't much care for it myself, either). I do not celebrate Christmas because after studying it's history I consider it to be profoundly evil and will have nothing to do with it. It is very awkward for me when customers wish me a "merry christmas" because the entire idea of christmas just flat out pisses me off. I don't want to be rude, but at the same time cannot bring myself to promote such a holiday in any way, shape or form. While I realize that most folks have not done their homework, have no idea what it is all about & have the best of intentions, I just cannot manage those words...I consider christmas to be an act of treason against my Creator, and HE comes first.
 
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