Don't Hate. Appreciate.

Hey there fellas. so today has kinda been full of being under appreciated. and im a bit down. so im gonna blog about it. cuz blogging always makes me feel better. So if you have been keeping up with me i work in retail. i have for almost two years now. and it has lead me to believe at least one thing. this being:


if you havent worked in retail in your life, get out there and do it.


your eyes will be opened to the world of crabby customers and refolding the same two tee shirts for the umpteenth time. I have always been kind to retailers (not perfect, but i made an effort to be as polite and helpful as i could), but i never realized how much it helped until i was on the other end of the stick.
today at work i was in one of the biggest and messiest sections in the entire store. its a high traffic area because a lot of the items are basics and most people are out to buy them. so there was a rack of tee shirts that just kept falling off the bar -pause- you know how a rack can get too full, and even the slightest shove can send the clothes rocketing to the floor? ya, but this rack wasnt even full.... -un pause- and i got to the point where i gave up on them. and if i saw the pile on the floor when walking by, i would roll my eyes and make an angry face. 
so like an hour later i picked them up and hung them on a different rack in an attempt to regain my posture and not be so crabby about it. it worked. but that is besides the point. the point is that nobody cared but me. because its "my job" to care. ya whatever thats a load. yes its my job to clean u[ and make sure you have the most pleasant and smooth shopping experience, but let me ask you something else:


have you ever once stopped to think 'hmm, i wonder how many unhappy customers that sales associate has dealt with' or 'i wonder if folding this shirt properly will make a difference'


answers??? probably countless... and YES!!!! now that i have worked in retail, every time i see someone pick up something whether they have dropped it or not, and whether it is in my store or not, i feel the sudden urge to get on my knees and scream THANKYOU YOU'RE AMAZING. but how would they know they are really making a difference until they have experienced the stress of it all.
dont get me wrong i love my job. but its days like these that i simply wish everybody understood what it was like to have so much expected and receive pennies in return. so if you are one of those people who goes out of their way to help out in your favorite store, on behalf of everyone who works retail and sales THANKYOU!!


and then there is the under appreciation from someone you care about. have you ever wished that someone could understand just how much you truly love them? how far you would go just to make them happy? how sad you get when they scrape their knee or break a bone? because i do almost every day. sometimes i feel so under appreciated. sometimes i feel like my relationships with people are so one sided. i try so hard to make everyone happy and i give all ive got, and at the end of the day i am sitting in my comfy chair blogging about it. it just hurts underneath the happy face i wear.

this is a classic. so old. but i have sung it countless times ever since i can remember. enjoy!

so that is my rant for today. appreciate anybody who cares enough to show it. night all.