I had had a hard day.
I had spent it running personal errands of all kinds.
Including appointments.
It was a busy day.
And I am elderly.
Late afternoon, and on my way home, I needed to buy a few food items.
Went to the local supermarket.
Got together the things I needed.
It is one of those where you attend the first available checkout.
A lady called me over.
She had a big smile, and was extremely helpful.
I realised then how important smiles can be.
It changed my whole day for the better.
I told her so, and thanked her.
And since then I don't talk to the 'letterbox' brigade.
And I won't, unless I am legally required to do so.
Which hasn't happened yet.
I ignore those faceless, inhuman, apparitions I come across from time to time.
All very well to say they have rights, but so do I.
And nothing can be more natural than a smiling, welcoming, friendly, face.
Even if it IS part of their job, its effect is still positive.

In the UK, a person was convicted of several murders.
That person declined to be present at the reading of the verdict?
This incensed several persons.
It shouldn't.
Those who insist on parading a convicted person in public are being cruel.
The person committing the murders clearly has an irregular emotional outlook.
Twenty years of training to make that person in to a standard human being didn't work.
It couldn't work.
Demonstrating cruelty towards them, and pretending it is something else, is thoughtless.
It is also a case of the good old pot calling the kettle black?
Those prosecuting should be admired for their 'grown-up' approach to such matters.
Instead, they are behaving like a mob of hell-raisers, bent on seeking revenge.
So, it is time for the boys and girls to grow up?
Time for them to become men and women?

Ipso Fatso

The checkout ladies at my supermarket are all nice too - except for one, who is a fat, surly pig. I will wait on the end of the longest line to avoid her.

What is thec "letterbox brigade".

Thank you Ipso Fatso for taking compassion on the convicted person.
Likewise this supermarket lady was compassionate to you, this is the way to go.
So did Jesus. He said "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they're doing".

I now feel compassion for that other supermarket lady, the fat one whom Ttbn does not like. Surely she needs more love!

Yuyutsu

If you saw this woman or subjected yourself to her rudeness, 'love' is the very last thing you would feel.

Yep to that !

Speaking of supermarkets, news.com has described Woolworth's installation of new cameras to combat shoplifting criminals as "aggressive". It is now "aggressive" to try to protect what belongs to you until someone pays for it. It's a wacky world.