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Originally posted by Epona:
Yorick, what a beautiful post!
My thoughts entirely. I always try to give people a smile as I walk past. It costs nothing. I also think that a smile is what makes someone beautiful. Nothing more ugly than a miserable face, and nothing more beautiful than a smile.
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I think that's great Epona, you are so right! It often amazes me just how incredibly grumpy and even rude people often are on the streets, in the shops and so on. And because they have to help rude people all day, the shop assistants etc. become grumpy as well. I really hate it when they don't even look you in the eye for a second, don't respond to your greeting... But of course I also think the customers often do not appreciate the fact that those people are sitting there all day putting on a polite face and working their asses off....
I know it may not help a lot, but I always try to smile at the people behind the counter, thank them when they give me my change, etc. Maybe someone smiles at them, they'll smile back at the next customer in line. Similarly, I used to work for H&M's (big clothing shop) and I always tried to put the same principle into practice. I considered it a part of the job to be patient and friendly to customers - I do realise the work is sometimes hard and shop assistants are sometimes too tired to be polite, but hey, if they cannot stand people they should take a different job! Yeah I know it sounds hopelessly sappy and over-idealistic and maybe even patronising, I don't know. But I think it's kind of important in its own small way.
Oh and Hugh dear, I happen to like
men's smiles as well.
Seen far too little of Sebastiaan's smile lately
