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Kenna · 05-16-2011, 08:30 PM

I got to work today to find the ceiling was leaking MUCH worse than it has over the past 3 months.... the Nurses convinced me that my boss would be okay with me packing up and working from home.... my boss later called; advised me that she is okay with it until they fix the roof (that may be 3 more months!!! YAYYYY!!!) ....

anyway.... I get home to find the carpenters working on the kitchen floor and the "junk guys" hauling off the scrap metal....

I'm not comfortable around strangers and tried to settle in so I could get to work.... what made me smile was my interactions with each one of the so called "strangers" that were helping us out.... they treated me with TOTAL respect, honor and dignity. I could feel that they were completely trustworthy and that I didn't need to be nervous around them. They displayed some wonderful, civilized manners that I don't see very often any more from total strangers.

Since I've been ripped off several times by repair-persons, I'm very leery.... today, my faith was renewed and my day ended with feeling the awesome feeling of being respected.

I don't want to say or equate it to "Southern Manners or Southern Hospitality" because someone might misinterpret my meaning.... but given that I have lived above and below the Mason Dixon Line.... I can speak to my life experiences.... I have felt a difference. "Down here", I have felt that people are more friendly, more neighborly, more respectful at times, and more helpful when their neighbors need a hand.... I have nothing negative to say about the people I knew from my "city life up North"; I just think they get too busy with their own lives and don't stop to think that a little respect goes a long way (I get astonished that people in the North and South hardly ever say "excuse me" or "pardon me" any more.) Manners and Respect are admirable qualities; no matter what corner of the world you are from.

05-16-2011, 08:30 PM	#4773
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,806 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,624 Thanked 12,196 Times in 3,779 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	2 birdies in one basket!! .... I got to work today to find the ceiling was leaking MUCH worse than it has over the past 3 months.... the Nurses convinced me that my boss would be okay with me packing up and working from home.... my boss later called; advised me that she is okay with it until they fix the roof (that may be 3 more months!!! YAYYYY!!!) .... anyway.... I get home to find the carpenters working on the kitchen floor and the "junk guys" hauling off the scrap metal.... I'm not comfortable around strangers and tried to settle in so I could get to work.... what made me smile was my interactions with each one of the so called "strangers" that were helping us out.... they treated me with TOTAL respect, honor and dignity. I could feel that they were completely trustworthy and that I didn't need to be nervous around them. They displayed some wonderful, civilized manners that I don't see very often any more from total strangers. Since I've been ripped off several times by repair-persons, I'm very leery.... today, my faith was renewed and my day ended with feeling the awesome feeling of being respected. I don't want to say or equate it to "Southern Manners or Southern Hospitality" because someone might misinterpret my meaning.... but given that I have lived above and below the Mason Dixon Line.... I can speak to my life experiences.... I have felt a difference. "Down here", I have felt that people are more friendly, more neighborly, more respectful at times, and more helpful when their neighbors need a hand.... I have nothing negative to say about the people I knew from my "city life up North"; I just think they get too busy with their own lives and don't stop to think that a little respect goes a long way (I get astonished that people in the North and South hardly ever say "excuse me" or "pardon me" any more.) Manners and Respect are admirable qualities; no matter what corner of the world you are from.