mangaman
Guest
A bit OT I know, but I had a horrible time a few years ago after being rude to a woman in the library.
I had just come from work and was still seething from a work-related incident.
I returned my books and was told one was overdue. I was most indignant and obnoxious. Normally I'm a mild-mannered chap, so my obnoxiousness was probably not atypical for the library worker, but very atypical for me.
She said one of the books I had renewed was late - I disagreed. In the end she got her manager.
I sat there for a while, thinking - she's obviously right/I'm behaving like an peanut and the manager appeared.
She said - I'm afraid it's true you were late with your renewal.
I said through gritted teeth - OK, how much do I owe? and she said something like 23p.
I'd like to think it's taught me a valuable lesson about however bad things are at work/in one part of your life , you shouldn't take it out on some random victim. I should have gone back in and apologised, but I didn't.
I still feel bad about it now whenever I get a new selection of books from the library.
I felt so bad that I arranged a meeting with my managers at work and told them they were putting too much strain onto me (which they were) and it was affecting me as a person.
To be fair they did listen and do their best to adjust things.
I had just come from work and was still seething from a work-related incident.
I returned my books and was told one was overdue. I was most indignant and obnoxious. Normally I'm a mild-mannered chap, so my obnoxiousness was probably not atypical for the library worker, but very atypical for me.
She said one of the books I had renewed was late - I disagreed. In the end she got her manager.
I sat there for a while, thinking - she's obviously right/I'm behaving like an peanut and the manager appeared.
She said - I'm afraid it's true you were late with your renewal.
I said through gritted teeth - OK, how much do I owe? and she said something like 23p.
I'd like to think it's taught me a valuable lesson about however bad things are at work/in one part of your life , you shouldn't take it out on some random victim. I should have gone back in and apologised, but I didn't.
I still feel bad about it now whenever I get a new selection of books from the library.
I felt so bad that I arranged a meeting with my managers at work and told them they were putting too much strain onto me (which they were) and it was affecting me as a person.
To be fair they did listen and do their best to adjust things.