Be nice

I noticed something again today while working in the PC-rooms. I try to be nice to the people. Sometimes it's hard, but i usually am.

If you are friendly to the people, treat them with respect and help them with their problems they are grateful. Often they leave with a smile on their face which makes me feel better.

Today my colleague was a little stressed out. Then a very shy student, who had no practice with computers at all, came and asked her something. My colleague had seen her before last week and had given her a quick introduction in websearching. My colleague gave an answer in a not-so-nice tone and mentioned that she had told her that last week.

She was a little remorseful about her answer afterwards. The student came back a little later. Now she was even unsure if she should ask me.

How you treat people is a feedback system. If you are nice to them, they feel better and are friendly to you, which makes you feel better and so on.
The same thing goes in the opposite direction.

Being snappish didn't make my colleague feel better, quite the opposite, and it made the student even more unsure of herself.

So treat others nicely, especially when you're in an unpleasent mood, and they will ultimately reward you by being nice to you. Which will make you feel better and take you out of your sorry mood.