When you work in the service industry, you have to put your personal issues and attitudes aside while dealing with the public and other customers.
Most times, you must force that smile and keep your voice in a friendly, welcoming tone - even while dealing with personal issues or difficult people.
I wrote about a recent restaurant experience while dining with friends. Hop over to the Deep Blonde Thoughts blog post Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Readers of the novel will remember the different types of patrons who frequented the Red Hare restaurant.
Co-owner Jenny Young was patient and polite while serving customers. She kept her attitude in check - especially while serving unpleasant customers like Daryl MacDonald.
You can meet Jenny and appreciate her kindness, her professionalism while you read the following excerpts:
Read more excerpts from The Year of The Rabbit, a Novel About Fate, Family and Forgiveness.
Join others who enjoyed this unpolished gem of Canadian fiction. Download the first few chapters of the eBook for free from Smashwords. If you like what you have read, you can then purchase the entire book for 99 cents or more (you set the price).
Visit the novel's web site.
Thanks for dropping by and remember: the next time you dine out, be kind to your server.
T
You wouldn't know it in the Ottawa Valley but Spring is here.
The snowbanks are melting into dirt piles, there's dog pooh everywhere and the rivers are rising. Yuk!
I haven't witnessed crocus sprouts pushing up yet but am hopeful to soon enjoy the annual Tulip Festival.
Some folks are adorning their homes and work areas with colourful symbols of renewal and rebirth.
Yes, some of us writers still have day jobs in order to support luxuries like rent, food and utilities.
Friends and relatives are decluttering their attics, basements and garages, planning up-coming events like yard sales. Who knows what gems or skeletons they will discover in the process?
One of the resident youth recently helped me dig out a piece of concept art that was nicely tucked away in our deep, dark storage area. It was a Yin Yang egg I painted during the 1999 Year of the Rabbit.
I wanted to inspect this piece of art I attempted while trying to restore harmony during an unbalanced time in our lives, while treading the murky waters of my own well-being.
If you dig deep enough, you will reconcile with your shame and forgive yourself for not acting soon enough to rescue your family. You can spend years writing down to the bones to regain your mental health, work up the courage to symbolically destroy the demons from your past.
The above news story was published in The Seguin Sounder, a fictitious newspaper that evolved out of the novel.
Spoiler alert: The antagonist meets with a violent ending at the hands of the innocent - and with a little help from nature.
Read excerpts from The Year of The Rabbit, a Novel About Fate, Family and Forgiveness.
Join others who enjoyed this unpolished gem of Canadian fiction. Download the first few chapters of the eBook for free from Smashwords. If you like what you have read, you can then purchase the entire book for 99 cents or more (you set the price).
Visit the novel's web site. Just watch where you are digging though.
Thanks for dropping by.
Happy Easter!
T
