Are you someone that is liked? I am – in general I think most people like me. And it’s important to me. I make an effort to smile, to look people in the eye, to pay attention you know all of that stuff that makes you feel like you matter. How do you deal with people that don’t give a shit about being liked. That are rude. And that clearly do not like you.
They don’t look you in the eye – they talk around you – they look at you for a brief second and then quickly look away like – shit you caught me, I acknowledged you exist, shit I’m screwed now.
It’s the other manager at Starbucks. Going to starbucks and working from there in the late afternoon has been a massive improvement in my happiness – you may not know this but I was getting lonely – working by myself all day – no outside stimulation….it wasn’t pretty – I would think long and hard about how cruel it is to bring my cats on an hour a day car ride that they hate just so they could keep me company while I’m busy on this fine laptop.
Working remotely is not easy. Especially for a really social person. I realized today that I like to just be AROUND people – I don’t know anyone here – no one says Hi or anything (I’m still in Westchester afterall – any other state and I would have a gaggle of acquaintances from Starbucks by now). So this is good for me.
But this manager is not a member of my personal fan club…and I’m pretty sure she lets the frappachino machine run for an extra 20 seconds just to ensure it’s really annoying me. and it is.
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