Speaking of dealing with difficult people, I thought this might be an opportunity to promote my sister's blog. My sister deals with them on a continuous basis and has a different strategy than I. She has recently updated her blog with some real winners. If you would like a bit of a laugh, I recommend checking out her blog here.
Please keep the advice coming in my earlier blog here! I may not use all of it, but if it doesn't help me, it might help someone else.
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I think we have hooves again
5 years ago
HA! Her blog is pretty entertaining, and makes me feel good about my job! I manage a vacation rental, and have to deal with guests. With vacation rentals you get three kinds of people:
ReplyDelete1. Super nice people who think everything is great
2. Quiet people who stay to themsleves the whole time
3. people who dont' understand what a vacation rental is and think they should be served on by me hand and foot. Which by the way, I don't serve anyone! Hahaha!
I alway find meeting new people to be quite an adventure!
I met this one endurance rider at the endurance seminar who I didn't like right off the bat. The name Jeramy Rynalds must have come out of her mouth for some reason or another about 15 times! Personally I think she has a bit of a crush on him, whatever he used or liked seemed to be the best to her!
But once we got out on the trail I warmed up to her a bit. Lucy kept trying to run her little gelding over and then when I finally got in front it gave her a chance to let her gelding walk out a little faster. She was still a know it all, but we all tend to do that sometimes.
I think the moral of my story is to not judge to quickly.
JB - I think my sis is quite a talented writer - oh! that my narrative skill could but approach hers!
ReplyDeleteI know that I tend to judge too quickly and those first judgements of people are usually WRONG! I've learned to step back and keep giving the person a chance becauase I usually end up hitting it off with them. There are exceptions though!
Jeremy Reynolds is a well known endurance rider that does quite well. I believe they (him and his wife Heather) live in Livermore now. They have a website (can't think of it now) that I have gone to and gleaned what information I can from. I've met him at some rides and he's a very nice guy. I agree that it can be difficult to hear someone go on and on about something though (even if the information is valid and useful).
Thanks Mely :)
ReplyDeleteThe last day or so, I asked myself why I wasn't writing about things other than work...I've WANTED to. That was kind of the point of the blog, with labels on the work related ones. The very day I decided to do that, things started happening at work that HAD to be written about. Oh well :(