Emotional Triggers: Accept and Let Go
Only when you accept your emotions can you let them go.
~ Joy Jacobs, Author, In A Pickle: Nourishing Recipes & Food for Thought
"Why don't we take this down to the register," he said with what felt like a combination of condescension and sarcasm. I'd stopped in for a pack of gum--first time in this convenience store--found what I wanted and placed it on the counter. The register was about 5 feet from where I stood, and I hadn't seen it.
The clerk (owner?) took my gum and walked to the register. I followed and handed him a twenty-dollar bill. The gum was $1.39.
"Do you have anything smaller?" He looked at me over the top of his glasses. He could clearly see when I opened my wallet that it contained a twenty and a five, and he seemed upset that I'd given him the twenty.
Me: "I do, but I’d like some change."
Him: "Well, I need change, too."
Okay, I'm officially triggered now by the customer service demon who lives inside me and wants to say: "Wait a minute--this is a business, right? My mood suddenly soured...
