FCC and the internet

[Fred Roller]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:13:10 -0500
> Michael <mmorse757 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Think about the last time you had to stand in the line at
>> the DMV.  The post office.  /Any/ government run office.  Yeah,
>> government run health care - NOT!
>>     
>
> Sometimes the attitude in these kinds of state-run offices is
> dictated by the people who come in, not by the people who work there.  
>
> An example:
> My wife and I walked into the DMV (Dept. Of Motor Vehicles for those
> not in the states) where it is almost always dull and dreary, no one
> talking to anyone else unless required and with no one in a hurry or
> very willing to help beyond slowly doing the necessary job.
> Wife looked around, spoke up loudly saying, "Isn't it a great day?
> I'm /so/ glad to be alive today!"  ...and took her place in line.
> Within a  few seconds someone in the line told her that, yes, it was a
> good day and she felt good, too.  Soon most all the folks in the lines
> were talking to one another and the folks behind the counters were
> starting to smile.  You could tell that the pace of business had sped
> up, too.
>
> When we left the atmosphere was cheery.  My bet is that it lasted all
> day.
>
> It is up to each of us to make of any situation what we can, hopefully
> for the better,  and not to blame, "it," "them," or, "the government,"
> for our woes.
>
> We each and all live in the world we make.  I've found that bitter
> people usually live bitter lives.
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
>   
Cool story.  High-five to your wife! :-)

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Fred
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