[IWE] Food for Thought for Seamus

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:06:27 +0000

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From: "laura" <laurad@responseworks.com>
> Let me give you some advice.  When you make plans to meet up with someone
> and you don't show up, IT'S RUDE.  
> 
> Anyone with a modicum of common courtesy knows that in situations such as
> this, the well-mannered thing to do is to CONTACT THE OTHER PARTY AND ADVISE
> THEM OF THE CHANGE IN PLANS. 
> 
>  
> 
> Do you know what it took for me to orchestrate an evening out?  I had to
> arrange for a baby sitter, pick my daughter up from day care early, pick up
> my son from home, drive them both to the evening baby sitter, and drive like
> a bat out of hell to get to Plymouth by 6pm BECAUSE IT WOULD BE *RUDE* TO
> KEEP YOU WAITING without letting you know I was going to be late.  You see,
> I'm a nice person, and that is what nice people do. 
> 
>  
> 
> So I got to the bar, got a table, ordered a beer, and waited.  And waited
> some more.  And then I got PITY stares from the hostess. Oh, I felt so
> special.  And after I had been there for 45 minutes, it was OBVIOUS to the
> waiter that I got stood up.  So he tried to make me feel better.  "Maybe he
> got stuck in traffic".  "Maybe he had a flat tire", etc. etc.  When it was
> clear you weren't showing up the waiter told me that he would hang with me
> after his shift and have a beer with me. A pity date from a waiter!  A
> waiter who had more decency and graciousness than you, might I add.  I
> politely declined, but he felt compelled to sit with me for a while and keep
> me company while I finished my drink.  Why?  BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT NICE
> PEOPLE DO!!    
> 
>  
> 
> But you wouldn't know that, would you?
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 

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From:    "laura" <laurad@responseworks.com>
To:    <iwe@warhead.org.uk>
Subject:    [IWE] Food for Thought for Seamus
Date:    Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:25:07 +0000
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Let me give you some advice.&nbsp; When you make =
plans to meet
up with someone and you don&#8217;t show up, IT&#8217;S RUDE.&nbsp; =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Anyone with a modicum of common courtesy knows that =
in
situations such as this, the well-mannered thing to do is to CONTACT THE =
OTHER PARTY
AND ADVISE THEM OF THE CHANGE IN PLANS. <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

Do you know what it took for me to orchestrate an =
evening
out?&nbsp; I had to arrange for a baby sitter, pick my daughter up from =
day
care early, pick up my son from home, drive them both to the evening =
baby sitter,
and drive like a bat out of hell to get to Plymouth by 6pm BECAUSE IT =
WOULD BE *RUDE* TO
KEEP YOU WAITING without letting you know I was going to be late. =
&nbsp;You see,
I&#8217;m a nice person, and that is what nice people do. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

So I got to the bar, got a table, ordered a beer, and
waited.&nbsp; And waited some more.&nbsp; And then I got PITY stares =
from the hostess.
Oh, I felt so special. &nbsp;And after I had been there for 45 minutes, =
it was OBVIOUS
to the waiter that I got stood up.&nbsp; So he tried to make me feel
better.&nbsp; &#8220;Maybe he got stuck in traffic&#8221;.&nbsp; =
&#8220;Maybe he
had a flat tire&#8221;, etc. etc.&nbsp; When it was clear you =
weren&#8217;t showing
up the waiter told me that he would hang with me after his shift and =
have a beer
with me. A pity date from a waiter!&nbsp; A waiter who had more decency =
and graciousness
than you, might I add. &nbsp;I politely declined, but he felt compelled =
to sit
with me for a while and keep me company while I finished my drink.&nbsp;
Why?&nbsp; BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT NICE PEOPLE DO!!&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>But you wouldn&#8217;t know that, would =
you?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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