I have my favorite sandwich restaurant in the local city. I often buy their sandwich. The frequency is probably three to four times a month.
I always had a good experience with the workers there. Every time I went there, the workers I have been served so far were all male workers. All of them are young in their early 20s.
I am always satisfied with their good service. They greet me with their friendly smile, hand me my order politely, and see me off by saying “have a wonderful day.” We both exchange our smile and have a good time communicating each other.
This is my routine with the workers at the restaurant.
Unfortunately today was different.
When I went to the restaurant to pick up my order, I saw only one young female worker. She didn’t greet me or smile at me. She looked like she was mad for something.
My order was not made yet, so I needed to wait for her to make my order.
Since I ordered three different sandwiches, I asked her to mark it (1) (2) (3) respectively. She said she made everything exactly same. I showed her the order instruction that clearly showed different instruction on each sandwich. She didn’t want to admit her mistake. She raised her voice and told me she made them in the exactly same ingredients.
She handed me my three sandwiches with her arrogant attitude. Then she looked away from me and started cleaning the counter. She never looked at me again. She never apologized about her mistake. She didn’t say “thank you” or “have a nice day.”
I wanted to ask her name, so that I can talk to the store manager about her rude attitude.
Right before I left the restaurant, I turned back and looked at her. She still didn’t look at me.
All of a sudden, I was surrounded by something positive energy. I think it was my family spirits and angels. I felt their warmth around me.
With their warm energy, I looked at her. I had a feeling of sympathy to her.
I thought to myself.
She was not happy from the beginning. She was dealing with her private issue. To react to her rude attitude, I have two options. One option is to complain about her attitude to the store manager. The other option is to let it go.
I chose the latter option. I decided to let it go.
Once I decided to let it go, the negative energy surrounded by me swiftly melted away. I was not mad at her anymore. I regained my original peaceful energy around me.
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Now I am back home and am writing about my experience at the restaurant. I am thankful to have one of the positive aspects of aging. With the aging process, I could choose the better option today. I hope I can do the same way for many other situations. Instead of getting mad easily, I choose to a better option to remain my original peaceful state, all the time.
I want to become a nice and friendly old woman, being loved by everybody, as the positive side of the aging process.
♬ Any feedback? (^^♪
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