“The last will be first, and the first will be last.” Matthew 20:1
On Thursday morning, I went to the post office to send a care package for my two beautiful grandsons (yes, I have two now but I’m not supposed to announce it on social media so keep it hush hush). To my surprise, the post office was empty. There was only one gentleman who was complaining to the post lady. I caught the end of the conversation, but it seemed that he was upset because when he got there she was on her phone and didn’t take care of him right away. Then I heard him say: “I’m going to call the police.” I figured that something more serious must have happened.
He then stepped outside of the counter area, and the post lady asked if she could help me. The gentleman was standing just a few feet away, so as I was giving my package to the lady, I clearly heard “911, what is your emergency?” He then proceeded to explain to the 911 operator that he was at the post office and he had been ignored. Three times I heard him say: “But it’s not fair…”
When I left the post office, he was still on the phone. I got to my car and just sat there in shock. “Did I just witness someone calling the police because he didn’t get the treatment that he felt he deserved?” Wow. If we all start doing that they are going to have to hire many more 911 dispatchers because yes, I do agree with him that in most places customer service has completely declined, but that’s not a reason to dial 911.
Yes, life sometimes it’s not fair. It’s not fair when you’ve been standing in line at the grocery store for ten minutes, and they open a new register and the last ones get to go first. But that’s not a 911 emergency. It’s not fair when your flight gets canceled last minute and you have to scramble to rearrange your travel plans. “911, what is your emergency? American Airlines just canceled my flight. Can you please arrest them?” It’s not fair when you are in a rush and running late, and you catch every possible red light. There’s an idea. Next time I find myself in that predicament, I’ll call 911 to request a police escort.
Life is not fair, but it’s also wonderful. Most of the time, it’s our choice. We can choose to look at the glass half full or half empty. That gentleman at the post office could have chosen to wait patiently for the post lady to finish whatever she was doing on her phone, but instead he wasted his time calling 911 because I don’t think they were going to send the police to come to his rescue. And for me, life turned out to be very fair because I would have been behind him in line and I ended up being first.
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I agree with you, Christy. But unfortunately, customer service is out of fashion nowadays!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you we have lost love that neighbor and have become a society that thinks we are entitled to all. We need to remember love conquers all! May be old if we applied what would Jesus do? we would be much happier! Thanks for sharing! Congratulations on the two boys!
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