Appreciation
Today was "customer appreciation day" at my branch. Lord knows I tried. I slapped the biggest fake smile on my face and appreciated the hell out of people. We had catered food including chicken and beef kabobs, finger foods, beverages, and drawings for prizes. And even when the screaming selfish yentas complained there was not the right kind of food for them, I smiled and had fun resisting the urge to break an office chair across the backsides of anyone and everyone. Unfortunetly the catering people do not come back and do cleanup. One of our pregnant coworkes started picking up and moving tables so I had to be a gentleman and help out with that because even I don't like to see 500 pound pregos pushing furniture around. So it was a long day of bootie kissing and hand shaking. By the end of the day, I just wanted to come home to my comfy couch, lay down with the Times and some coffee. As usual that worked for a few minutes as Finnigan will immediately camp out on the middle of the open paper wanting some face time and some head scratches even if it means plopping down on my chest. Finally someone today who appreciated lil ol' me.
