Meridian, Idaho
I received the following text the other day:
Kathy-just saw your ad for bar stools on Craigslist. Is there anything wrong with them?
This came from a woman who eventually bought the bar stools.
The text fascinated me because she expected me to tell her the truth.
I had already indicated twice on the posting that the chairs were in “excellent” condition and they were.
It surprised me that she thought that I might have lied in the post but that I would tell her the truth if she asked.
Her expectations were that people told the truth when she asked them questions.
While she might expect that, reality might be very different.
As I get older, I’m finding that I have fewer and fewer expectations that things will work out a specific way. And, more importantly, I rarely expect that people react to things the way I think they will.
Reminds me of an exchange in Pretty Woman:
Edward: “It’s just that very few people surprise me.”
Vivian: “Yeah, well, you’re lucky. Most of them shock the hell out of me.”
Love Pretty Woman and good quote!
Love the little graphic at the end too! Finally, I am embracing that!
I vacillate between “I have no idea what’s going to happen, and I love it!” and “I don’t give a sh*t what’s going to happene, and Iove it!” 🙂
Ditto, Carol. Sometimes, I feel like Edward, but a fair amount of time I feel like Vivian. Did you see the twitter exchange between the CEO of Protein World and Juliette Burton? I felt like Vivian reading that. Here is a link. You have to listen to the story as the summary misses the truly appalling tweets:
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-05-01/london-ad-selling-protein-powder-or-body-shaming
I hadn’t seen that, Joanne. Wow! How could that CEO be so clueless in so many ways. I happened upon Juliette Burton’s op ed piece to get more info. Amazing…
Having no expectations is the best. You won’t be disappointed.
Good one, Lorraine!