sympathy

working in the service business has made me a lot more sympathetic to servers in hotels, restaurants, etc... their job really sucks, and i know first hand how they get treated like crap sometimes. so that's why whenever my dad starts complaining or demanding something that he doesn't really deserve to get, i get really defensive about it. it's true, the more you complain and the bigger stink you create, the more you get. i know that first hand, especially since i give away so much as part of my job to customer complainers. but i hate that even my dad knows that and uses that to his might where it's just embarrassing. it's a stupid philosophy, and yet i still give in to it every time i get a letter or call or any other complaint.