Watch yo mouth!

Okay, maybe it's just me.... But I am really big on the manner in which people talk to me. Now, Lord knows He has brought me a LOOOOOOOONG way...and those of you who have known me long enough know this to be true! But every now and then I get flashbacks...brought on by ignorant people.

So at work, I am currently cross-training, learning a lot of new things. Now, I'm a pretty quick study, I learn fast and I ask questions when I don't understand etc. the problem I am having is with people who know you are training, who know this is not your usual position, but decide they want to be impatient or that they want to talk to you out the side of their mouth, like they don't have any sense.

If you know me, you also know that I have a very slick tongue and I don't have a problem standing up for myself and I am not a respecter of persons' I'm an equal opportunity smart *mouth* with that being said... I'm at work trying my best to learn this job and be effiecient and meet the needs of the people in a timely fashion etc.... I'm curteous, polite, patient etc... I try really hard to maintain even after the first couple of people aggrovate me, and as time goes on I am fairly certain now that (in my paranoid mind) that these crazies are out to provoke me... I almost lost the victory over my mouth by getting into a war of wits with a coworker...a manager at that. But I had to regroup because it was going to far.

I'm saying all this to say that even I, with my 'bad self', had to learn at some point to not be so quick to speak or outwit or snap back at others. These people who were talking to me crazy don't know me, they don't know what my background is, or what i'm capable of. They don't know what it would take to set me off and have me go postal on the whole place. And none of us really know about the next person or what they are going through. Do we really know or consider how the next set of words out of our mouths can be all it takes to set that person over the edge!

For most of us, its not that serious, we may be having a bad day, things are not great at home, bills do, baby need shoes, PMS whatever....so at most if someone crosses us, they will get an ultimate tongue lashing, with the works. For others like myself, they will get ignored or looked at like they are stupid or the 'consider this a warning' look. HOWEVER...there are those who are a lot more unstable than the rest of us. Who take it to the next level when crossed, for example, coming up to the job or the church with guns or bombs and such....all because you took their stapler off the desk....

So before you decide to unleash your wrath or be rude to the next guy/gal just consider your options first, chose your words and your tone carefully, try some patience, it goes a long way....and hey even a smile, it can turn that persons day around. Just a thought!