In spite of what you might think reading my posts I have a world more patience now than before. No I don't, who am I kidding.
I don't take guest crap personally. (Not as much anyway.)
I'm more confident in my ability to do meaningful work. (As opposed to just fixing computers like I used to do BBB - before B&B)
Carrying someone's suitcase does not make me a servant. (Still not interested in cleaning a bathroom while someone sits and watches me, tho.)
I am way more stressed than ever before. It shows in the photos we took early on vs photos taken recently. (Which is why that photo of us on the website is 9 years old.)
What hasn't changed - I still think people are good. Most people aren't out to take advantage. The ones who are have karma to deal with..
Madeleine said:
In spite of what you might think reading my posts I have a world more patience now than before. No I don't, who am I kidding.
A wise lady once said: Spare me the perky.
I'm thinking it depends on the time of day you need the patience. In the morning as you flit table to table as social director, sure, you can bite your tongue and seem patient. Even BE patient. By afternoon when you are looking for that hole to crawl into and hide, yes. Spare you the perky!
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Arkansawyer said:
A wise lady once said: Spare me the perky.
I'm thinking it depends on the time of day you need the patience. In the morning as you flit table to table as social director, sure, you can bite your tongue and seem patient. Even BE patient. By afternoon when you are looking for that hole to crawl into and hide, yes. Spare you the perky!
I love that! Spare me the perky!
Afternoons are tough. There's 7 hours of work behind me and 7 hours in front. I really need the time to just sit down and veg. Mornings are all about getting everyone on their way so I can sit down and veg! Like right now I am just finishing a couple of blog posts. I'm beat. There's still laundry in the dryer.
I actually am patient in the morning once things get going. But, show me a dining room full of guests at 7:30 AM when the tables aren't set and I have to work around the newspapers, phones, iThings, etc and I am not patient at all.
We actually discussed this at dinner when a testy guest's disposition came up. This person was just not happy. Not with us anyway. She seemed to like the other guests but my guess is she is not a morning person. I said to DH, 'That's me, that's what I'm like. I don't travel well. I want to see it all but not before breakfast and not before 10 AM!'
This guest didn't like that there was only half & half, skim milk and whole milk as options for coffee. And that, for 2 days in a row, she poured hot water out of the tea kettle into her mug thinking it was coffee. Seriously, I need to take a photo of the breakfast set up. You have to be some night owl to not see the coffee. Or the mugs. Or the sign that says 'half & half'. Or the juice glasses. Or the juice for that matter.
This weekend alone I can't tell you how many people grabbed a juice glass and poured coffee into it. Or stood in front of the juice and asked me for a glass of OJ. Or asked where the coffee was. Or how to make tea. Or where the milk was. On the second day!
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