Comments on: We All Just Need Someone To Talk To http://www.modelcitizenship.com/2008/09/12/we-all-just-need-someone-to-talk-to/ exposing bad behavior Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:20:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: YeOldeWestern http://www.modelcitizenship.com/2008/09/12/we-all-just-need-someone-to-talk-to/#comment-408 YeOldeWestern Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:08:54 +0000 http://www.modelcitizenship.com/2008/09/12/we-all-just-need-someone-to-talk-to/#comment-408 I'm sorry your cat was sick and it's good that he's now ok. But as far as the barista, she's probably overworked and tired and it's not her job to be a grief counselor, it's to make beverages. "Is everything ok" is just a rhetorical question to which there is no proper response, so "do you want some water?" is probably what I would have said too. The reason we help animals when they are in need is that there is something concrete we can do to actually provide help (such as take them to the vet), where as people who are crying usually aren't in need of medical attention, but instead want to spill out all their troubles (hence the title of your post "We all just need someone to talk to"). This is something I would only want to help out with if the person was a close friend. There's no time to have a conversation with everyone in line, I just need to keep things moving (that's how it's like at the Starbucks in my neighborhood anyway). I’m sorry your cat was sick and it’s good that he’s now ok. But as far as the barista, she’s probably overworked and tired and it’s not her job to be a grief counselor, it’s to make beverages. “Is everything ok” is just a rhetorical question to which there is no proper response, so “do you want some water?” is probably what I would have said too.

The reason we help animals when they are in need is that there is something concrete we can do to actually provide help (such as take them to the vet), where as people who are crying usually aren’t in need of medical attention, but instead want to spill out all their troubles (hence the title of your post “We all just need someone to talk to”). This is something I would only want to help out with if the person was a close friend. There’s no time to have a conversation with everyone in line, I just need to keep things moving (that’s how it’s like at the Starbucks in my neighborhood anyway).

]]> By: Fred with beans http://www.modelcitizenship.com/2008/09/12/we-all-just-need-someone-to-talk-to/#comment-453 Fred with beans Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:23:35 +0000 http://www.modelcitizenship.com/2008/09/12/we-all-just-need-someone-to-talk-to/#comment-453 I'm not really getting your criticism of the barista. There is a line of people, so I assume the line continued beyond your g.f. What was the barista supposed to do? Walk around the counter with a complimentary cup of joe and sit down with the g.f. for an hour long session? I think I agree with the old westerner. I would have offered the same. I’m not really getting your criticism of the barista. There is a line of people, so I assume the line continued beyond your g.f. What was the barista supposed to do? Walk around the counter with a complimentary cup of joe and sit down with the g.f. for an hour long session? I think I agree with the old westerner. I would have offered the same.

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