My mother was right.
Ohmigosh! Did I say that my mother was right????
Well, it turns out that she was, but not in the way she meant it.
My mother used to tell me that people were judging me. They were looking to see if my clothing had stains or missing buttons or if my stockings had runs in them. I came to understand that actually, they weren’t. Most people had more important things to occupy themselves with than the minutiae of my appearance.
But people do indeed judge you.
Think about a time when you went to an office and the secretary/receptionist was too preoccupied to notice you and when he/she finally did, he/she was rude and unhelpful. You probably left the office thinking “What a rude and unpleasant person!” Think now about a time when the person at the desk greeted you with a smile and seemed happy to help you. You might have left thinking, “what a nice person!”
The things we say and do to others, whether they are people who are close to us or strangers, really do have an impact on them. People will remember the nice person and the rude person.
It is said that we only have one chance to make a first impression. What type of impression will it be?
And suppose you will never again see that other person. How would you like to be thought of?
