Some customers appreciated me
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Heh, heh. Just donāt take ātoneā with them, they might rev their engines in you parking lotš
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The guy revving his engine in the parking lot may break a motor mount 
I just match peopleās energy. Treat me good, Iāll treat you better. Treat me bad, Iāll treat you worse.
For every person that takes a tone with me, theres probably 10 that donāt. The most recent poor experience I had was at the post office. I simply asked if they had holiday stamps when I was buying a book of them. The lady took a disinterested tone with me so I ended up purchasing no stamps at all.
Normally I have great experiences with the post office. This was not my normal branch that I visited. I simply will not return to that branch.
I did tell a lady I held the door open for on my way out that there is a mean ol grinch working in there.
I have only one questionā¦ If you finish the limerick, how many little āā ā ā ā ā would appear in your answerā¦ 
Seems kind of juvenile, imo
Youāre only hurting yourself
The lady in the post office wonāt remember you
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Too bad the Post Office doesnāt sell stamps on line! facetious font turned on!
Seriously, not a stamp collecter, but have purchased a number of the collectible sets. And the book of pickup truck stamps
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I donāt want to buy stamps online. I want to walk in the post office, exchange pleasantries with the people inside, buy stamps, have the employee look at them while ringing me up and say āthese are cuteā or āthese are my favorite holiday stamps yetā and we wish each other Happy Holidays, Christmas, Kwanzaa, ect..
I do not like touch screens, I will not buy stamps from a vending machine or online. I do not like self checkouts.
I want to talk to people. I want people to have jobs with the post office, one of the greatest institutions of our time and before.
I want high touch, not high tech.
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Hmm, my post office is way too busy for that.
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Another story from the 60s. One of the guys at the service station had a 63 Impala SS, 327 with a three speed. He would let us borrow it. One day my best friend in HS, also an employee at the station, had been driving it. Brought it back to the station, parked it and walked back home, did not say a word. Owner went to drive it home, both motor mounts were busted. We managed to install new ones that evening. Back in āthe good old daysā broken motor mounts were common. My 59 Catalina broke one, my dadās 62 Lark broke one.
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I donāt know that I ever had a broken motor mount. Maybe I did and didnāt know it.
As far as starting a conversation at the post office, hav3 some common sense. The last thing a busy clerk needs is to have a customer start a conversation. Thatās also the last thing those of us waiting in line need is for the wait to get longer by people. Trying to make friends. Just conduct your business and get out. Go to a bar for friends.
Actually this happened a few days ago when I was standing in line to mail some envelopes. There were two of us waiting for someone to finish their endless questions with clerk 1. Father D came in an said he just had to drop stuff off to clerk 2. I knew who he was so understood, but then proceeded to yak with clerk 2 while we waited. They are short of staff, the season is busy, and itās as good as a school for incubating viruses. So just do your business quickly.
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Yep, bars are the place for that. Though maybe I am getting too old, music is usually way too loud, except of course when I am singing Karaoke
Or church, might do him some good also, and can you imagine Rick drinking, probably get in a bar fight with his lovely attitude, and then he gonna drive home afterwards, naww, I think a bar is the last place he should goā¦
The last time I went to the post office I walked in right after the rush, so no one in there but a customer being waited on, I walked right up to the teller and she said, sorry about your wait, I looked around at the empty room and just laughed a little, and simply said, no worries maāam, I want blah blah, got it left without saying much, she hardly looked upā¦ I was very happy NOT having to do small talk with a strangerā¦ lol
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I donāt go to bars, nor do I drink. I detest drivers that drink and then drive.
I would love to go to a church for a Christmas Eve candle service. I am not longer a member of a church though. Tired of the pastor telling us how much to give while seeing how much he spent.
Our pastor doesnāt lay it on thick, as far as giving goes
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No one take attendance so whether yo go or not is up to you. Youād even probably get your own candle.
Giving comes up once a year but everyone can see the budget. One pastor said that 10% business included to the gov too so forget that. A portion of members give nothing though. Maybe they donāt contribute for coffee either. A few years ago had a push to pay everything off. Some thought it was a mistake. Sure enough even with no debt, itās hard to keep these folks in the black. Just like gov. Spend spend spend.
This isnāt specifically about church . . .
But I give to several organizations throughout the year
And I donāt ask if and/or how much someone else did
I donāt start those conversations, but if if someone else does 
, Iāll gladly chime in, saying I donate to _____ but I wonāt specify the dollar amounts
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Some times you just have to let meanness or grumpiness roll off, like water off a ducks back..!
Some people you just donāt argue with more than once: You literally, or figuratively, place them on āIgnoreā.
Donāt take it too personally. We donāt know what that postal clerk - or person in whatever work venue - is going through at that moment - personally, or mentally.
The circle of life is funny: You never know when you may come across that person again, possibly even outside of their job, or when you might need them for something.
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āIf itās in the Bible, itās good enough for me!ā
Focusing specifically on the 10 percent in your remarks, it is generally accepted that tithing be 10 percent of what one earns. Tithing is different than offering, and it can be yearly, monthly or whenever. Ten percent of oneās $400 weekly paycheck for example: $40, on top of one Sundayās usual pew offering. Some folks tithe on or close to major holidays, etc.
Ten percent is also considered to be the golden rule of profiting, as a large or small company, or a self-employed individual. If you fix someoneās washing machine, and the parts cost $50, you charge the customer $56, or round up to $60. If you fixed the machine for good, your reputation will earn you more business, and your profits will naturally run over.
Private pharma seems to have forgotten the 10 percent rule, at least on the profit side of things. More like a 110% profit!