Saturday, June 3, 2017

Blunt


An old friend of mine

I’ve known for thirty years

Told me

I was blunt the other day

He then said

It was one of the reasons

He has remained friends

With me

For so long

He knew exactly where

He stood with me

At all times!

I was surprised by this

I said, I thought I believed

I was careful

With people’s feelings

My wife then joined in

The conversation

“You thought you were

a sugar coater?”

A smile then pulled gently

Across her face

His wife chuckled

“You’re no sugar coater!”

I spent the next few hours

Pondering all this

Like Archimedes

Pondering Physics

I wondered

What people would think

If I didn’t try to sugar coat

My words?

A few days later

And

Hours into a day

Of

Dealing with customers

A coworker said to me

As her brow

Slowly moved upwards

“You don’t have to be

antagonistic with the customers”

I said,

“I’m not.”

“But I’m also not promising them

unicorns and rainbows”



3 comments:

  1. احصل الان علي افضل العروض المقدمة من كبري شركات مظلات الرياض اي انها تعمل علي توفير الكثير من خدمات الكبري في تركيب مظلات معلقة ويمكنكم الان التمتع بتلك الخدمات باعلي جودة ممكنة من سواتر خشبية من هناجر الكبري في افضل تصميم بيوت شعر المميزة

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  3. اليكم الان افضل المظلات المتميزه الان و علي اعلي مستوي شركات مظلات في الامارات الان من الكفائه الان من خلال افضل المظلات مجالس عربيه و افضل الخامت المتميزه مجالس قرميد الان و التي مصممه علي اعلي متسوي و لا تتاثر باشاعة الشمس الان مجالس عربيه خليجيه و نوفر اليكم ايضا افضل المجالس العربيه مجالس عربيه روعه المتميزه تواصلو معنا الان

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