“You’re killing us with that smell.” She said as she walked in the door and the strong smell of the pine sol hit her like walking into a glass wall without warning.
Looking up while blinking nervously she almost screamed, “What are you trying to say?”
Defending the innocence of her remark, as merely her initial reaction to the smell, “I am just joking.”
“I don’t think this is a joking matter. What is that supposed to mean?” She said, now screaming and waving her hands in the air.
Now taking offense to the sudden change of tone she too raised her voice. “I didn’t mean anything by that.”
Shortly after the conversation fell out of earshot. A couple of seconds later…
“Go knock your head on one of the walls!” She said almost shaking with anger. Then she paused and headed for the door before turning around and yelling “Stupid.”
She followed her towards the door – closely behind her “Stupid? You’re the one who is stupid!”
Then headed back inside still yelling, “Damn you. Coming in here…”
Back out of earshot.
Had I not known any better I would assume they were both slightly uncivil with shorter tempers than I have ever been exposed to.
Any better: is defined as a woman who works as a janitor of sorts in a place where her own children attend. She does what it takes to see that they get what they need.
Previously someone had made a comment, one morning a couple of weeks back:
“Wow, what are you all dressed up for?”
“Nothing in particular. Why do you ask?”
“It just seems unnecessary thats all.”
She was so hurt.
As if a cleaning lady can’t look nice, because she does a dirty job.
Not that its the pinesol lady’s problem, or responsibility to know or even presume such a thing.
But sometimes we need to cut people some slack.
RULE: The worse they are, the more the slack that needs to be cut.
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Cleaners & Contexts
In Happenings on February 28, 2008 at 10:01 am“You’re killing us with that smell.” She said as she walked in the door and the strong smell of the pine sol hit her like walking into a glass wall without warning.
Looking up while blinking nervously she almost screamed, “What are you trying to say?”
Defending the innocence of her remark, as merely her initial reaction to the smell, “I am just joking.”
“I don’t think this is a joking matter. What is that supposed to mean?” She said, now screaming and waving her hands in the air.
Now taking offense to the sudden change of tone she too raised her voice. “I didn’t mean anything by that.”
Shortly after the conversation fell out of earshot. A couple of seconds later…
“Go knock your head on one of the walls!” She said almost shaking with anger. Then she paused and headed for the door before turning around and yelling “Stupid.”
She followed her towards the door – closely behind her “Stupid? You’re the one who is stupid!”
Then headed back inside still yelling, “Damn you. Coming in here…”
Back out of earshot.
Had I not known any better I would assume they were both slightly uncivil with shorter tempers than I have ever been exposed to.
Any better: is defined as a woman who works as a janitor of sorts in a place where her own children attend. She does what it takes to see that they get what they need.
Previously someone had made a comment, one morning a couple of weeks back:
“Wow, what are you all dressed up for?”
“Nothing in particular. Why do you ask?”
“It just seems unnecessary thats all.”
She was so hurt.
As if a cleaning lady can’t look nice, because she does a dirty job.
Not that its the pinesol lady’s problem, or responsibility to know or even presume such a thing.
But sometimes we need to cut people some slack.
RULE: The worse they are, the more the slack that needs to be cut.