Subject: The way we treat people  (Author Unknown)

Four (4) lessons to make you think about the way we treat people.  You have many freedoms in this country -- including the right to treat others as you would like to be treated.
 

If the above statement is true of this station, then the person that wrote this really wants to be treated like shit.

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say "hello".

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
 

Cleaning guy's name here is Gabe, Bob, Jimmy, Doug, or Chris.  Gabe is the one that gets paid to do the job, the latter are the ones that end up playing negro during the day because some dumb bitch flushed an over engorged tampon down the toilet instead of just throwing the bloody fucker in the trash.

2 - Second Important Lesson - Always remember those who serve.
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 -year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table.

A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.

"Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient.  "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins.

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.

When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table there, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies... You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

If the person that sent this has ever felt sorry for another human being I would be seriously surprised.  If it meant the difference between a smoke and him being able to leave the waitress enough to pay his tab then the waitress would definitely be crying, because this bastard would have shorted her the 3 bucks to get himself his pack o' coffin nails..

3 - Third Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse
contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

And if you are attempting to move an obstacle from everyone's path here they tell you to get the fuck out of their way.  Obviously you are doing this work for your own benefit and specifically to hinder their ability to do their own jobs.  It is completely irrelevant if the stone needs to be moved to the side of the road so that they may progress.  You shall be ridiculed for your effort.  If they have no particular opinion of the stone then they will at the very least tell you that you should have moved it to the other side of the road, instead of the one that you moved it to.

4 - Fourth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts.
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease.  Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it will save her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away".

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.

"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."
 

Had the little girl been most of the people that work here she would have looked at the little boy and said, "Yes!  I must have it all!  Your existence means nothing to me!  Your sacrifice was for nothing!  Your pain is the wellspring from which I grow!"

 

But that's just my outlook on things here...