"Principal Two- Coolness to the pizza delivery dude is a practice in empathy"
So after reading "Being Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude" I laughed. I laughed so hard because it makes so much sense and i believe all of us at some point have had that type of job. Most people have little to no respect for people who hold jobs like a pizza delivery guy.
I agree with the fact that how we treat people in these sorts of professions effects the community, the pizza guy is most likely a part of the community he is serving. They know what is means to pull a hard days work even though they don't get the pay they may deserve for the effort they put into their work. Also like Sarah Adams mentioned, they "sleep the sleep of the just", they know what it means to be honest and reliable. Think on this, if you don't let him pass you on the highway or get to the off ramp smoothly you are effecting his life and the lives of others. If you cause him to be late to his destination the pizza will be cool, resulting in no tip and unhappy customers, also the company may loose a customer. Also the pizza guy will get chewed out from his boss, bad all across the board. This is not to say that if this happens all of these things will occur...but you really aren't making his job any easier, not to mention you come off looking like a jerk.
I would have to agree with the points that you make and how if we don't help the pizza dude in moving out the way it might jeopardize his and other's lives BUT he's not the only one in the community doing these types of things. There might be a STAPLES delivery truck, a Dunkin Dounts truck and a mother rushing to bring his child to school. Are you going to let them all pass ... meanwhile you need to get somewhere ? food for thought.
ReplyDeleteTrue, true. :) I kinda just zoned in on the pizza guy but yeah there are all sorts of jobs and other situations that can be applied to this.
ReplyDelete"we treat people in these sorts of professions " I only briefly implied other professions...I could have broadened it a bit more.
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