FCC and the internet

[Harold Sawyer]

Our local Department of Motor Vehicles offices are awesome.  They are
well organized and the people are very nice.  I think most people
thrive on making a positive impact on those around them.  Even geeks .
. .

Harold

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Fred Roller <froller at tnclimited.com> wrote:
> 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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