losing faith in people....

I deal with the public all day long... For the most part I enjoy it, but lately people have been so rude. I dont understand it. Maybe its due to the economy. Maybe everyone is just pissed off because they have no money or are in danger of losing their jobs.... I dont know...

Now I can understand people being assholes to me at work because Im the one who tells them how much money they need to come up with to fix their teeth, but to be rude to everyone else is just uncalled for... But people are rude all the time....

They are rude when we call to confirm... Hello ... we are giving you a courtesy reminder call. Please miss your appointment and let me charge your account...

They are rude when we ask them to fill out medical updates ... um... because if we clean your teeth and you have some medical condition that requires you to have antibiotics before a cleaning and the bacteria gets into your bloodstream and you die... well then that falls on our liability. Im sorry that you needed to take three minutes to circle a few yes and no questions.

People are just generally rude... and its not just at work.

I was at Stop and Shop the other day and the cashier was a complete ass... I had used one of those self scanner things and it wasnt working... He said it was auditing me... which is fine, but it always does that to me... I asked him why and he said he didnt know. Then I was in the middle of asking him another question and he just started talking to the cashier about something persona... Stupid punk. I was in the middle of a sentence.... Im sorry that you having to walk over to me is an inconvenience, but its your fucking job and you should at least pretend to care. So rude.

Customer service is not what it used to be. I used to be able to walk into a place and they would say hello to me... Not roll their eyes and grunt. The only place I get that now is WalMart but that place annoys the shit out of me... I was in there once and I asked a guy for help and he said he didnt speak english.... Yup. Dont even get me started.

Okay... I feel better now I guess. I have still lost faith in people as a whole... I may not love my job all the time, but I smile and laugh at bad jokes that patients make because that is my job. I could hate someones guts but when they stand in front of me, I have no choice but to smile. Jen doesnt like all the morons she deals with and she still smiles and is nice to them...

What is wrong with people?