Good advice from everyone. I find that when my attitudes wanes (at work) it's usually because I have lost my vision/direction for the big picture and have become bogged down with everyday annoying stuff. If I can find some inspiration to rekindle that vision, my attitude perks way up.
Getting away does help to see the "bigger picture". I find nature (the colors are getting to be gorgeous here in northern WI), my family and friends, and church help.
Sandy you hit the nail right on the head! I know I need time off but that is just not going to happen right now. My business partner has a long term costly illness so I need to be here. We haven't been busy enough to have our part timiers here either.
I didn't get a true vacation this year because I went to the AIFD symposium to test and I think that is where things starting going downhill, especially my attitude and outlook. It could also be the beginning of "THE CHANGE"! LOL
It feels like there are little mice nibbling away at everything, including my sanity. Just off the top of my head, I've had 2 sundays in a row of funeral work so no days off. One was a $300 casket spray of yellow roses. Special ordered the day before, processed and hydrated, made the spray, delivered it on my day off (Sunday). It wasn't 60 minutes later that the funeral director called saying the lady was complaining that the roses were wilted. WTF??? I can't get anything fresher than that!
Yesterday, had one lady call (who is a regular customer of ours) asking if we had helium. I tell her yes. She says that she has called all around town, including Kroger, and no one has helium. Kroger tells her that there is a helium shortage. When I give her the price of the balloons, she says, "it sounds a bit pricey". WTF?? So, you know that no one has it. You know there is a shortage, yet you complain about the price.
Next call, lady with a church wants to know what is the cheapest thing that we can send to a funeral. After I tell her, she wants to know if we will give a discount because they are a church and because so and so flower shop does. Of course, they need billed to.
Next call, someone who used to be a regular customer (and I thought friend) calls and says her granddaughter is getting married next weekend. Her daughter is stopping by to talk about what flowers she needs. Daughter comes in and we go over what she needs in DETAIL. Then she proceeds to tell me that she checked with Kroger and then so and so flower shop and was told this that and the other. Had to work over because she was here. Then she tells me that she will call me in the morning and place her order. No, she has not called.
Had a guy bugging me about our parking lot (see my post in the thread about community events). How many times do I need to say, "no, you cannot have some of our parking spaces."
It just seems that this kind of stuff has been going on and on and on.....
Thanks for not only listening but also providing your own ideas of stress relievers.
