You Can Save Lives

So today was our graduation ceremony (for Milan ~I'm there for cosmetology). Our dean decided to share a story during her speech thing. And it was a pretty amazing thing to hear.

She was telling us about a hair dresser she knew or had spoken with. He worked at a salon, of course and was typically pretty busy with appointments all day. There was finally a slow day and he wasn't in the best of moods so it was like "yes, no apt. I cant just sit and relax. Good, kinda don't want to deal with people"-kind of thing, right? Well he had this lady come in and she just wanted a total makeover basically. She told him she just wanted to get really dolled up. And at first he it was like "*sigh* damnit, fine I guess I have to do it." But instead of keeping a foul mood he was like "I'm just going to make the most out of this, pamper her and spend all day just making her experience great" or something like that. Basically he decided to drop the foul mood and put extra effort into this. And at the end of the day he ended up having his mood completely uplifted and turned around. He said that this time he was the one who had his day and mood just changed so positively by a client (b/c usually it's the hair stylists job to turn the clients day around, brighten there moods and outlook and what not ~this field is seriously a form of therapy, a change in someone's appearance can do so much for them, whether it be good or bad, it has the possibility of giving them all the self-love and confidence they ever needed). Of course, he brightened her day as well. She was so happy and thankful with the entire new look and left with a smile and all, hugging him and thanking him before she left. A few weeks later he received a thank you card from her. She told him that what he did for her the day she came in meant so much for her. She said she went in there to get all dolled up and look and feel pretty one last time because she had planned to go home and kill herself. But their conversations, the makeover, and how good she was left feeling about herself just changed decision for her and her entire outlook and she thanked him a lot for that.

Some people I heard commenting "oh whatever" and rolling their eyes. And whether it's true or not, it's not far fetched. This career can change lives. A makeover, just a experience, anywhere's at any customer service revolving job can effect someone so much, both the employee and the customer. A lot of time, especially with today's media people get incredibly depressed over their appearance. Whether we like it or not, appearance plays apart in feeling good about yourself and having confidence and being happy. When people like the way they look they're a lot more happier than if they didn't. And having a good conversation with someone and feeling/knowing you're being listened to and given attention will brightens someone's day.

All I'm, and this story is saying, is if you're working in the customer service field, whether the other person appreciates it or not, be nice, take your time, smile, say or do something to make that other person smile, throw around some compliments, make a few jokes, honestly mean it when you say have a nice day. It can make a difference. Lots of people just need that one kind act from a stranger to save them or change their outlook, and it becomes infectious. You'll help them so much and they'll want to help like everyone else as well. You don't even need to be in a customer service job, or any, you could be just some random stranger on the street. Smile at people. You hear stories all the time about how someone smiling at them just made their day so much bright, people don't always say smiles are infectious for no reason.

It reminded me of this time I was walking once and this girl who was jogging stopped and asked me if something's wrong. She said she just worried because I was walking alone and she knows it's something people do when somethings wrong or they're feeling down (she wasn't alone btw! She was jogging with another girl). I told her no (b/c nothing was! xD I just didn't wanna deal with walking my dogs atm ~cuz hyperness). But it was really sweet. And made my day better and happier even if I wasn't having a bad one. Never a bad thing for a good day to get better. Then she continued to say something about having a good day and hoping things go well and keeping your head up and what not, not to let things get me down if they ever get rough. Or something along those lines. Was fairly word-y but in a good way, you could tell she meant it and was concerned.

I don't know why I'm sharing this. I just like things like this xD