The Difference Between Tigger, Eeyore, and Frozen Yogurt
My friend and I are obsessed with frozen yogurt. We eat it at least once a week together, but lately we have had trouble finding a place that we love to go to. First we tried Red Mango; we ordered our five dollar small yogurt and went to the cashier to pay. We smiled and said hello, but the only thing we got in return was, "five thirty-seven". My friend and I gave her the money, and said thank you but still did not receive a pleasant response. We were not about to give them business again.
The next weekend, we skipped into Frogurt, a new yogurt shop, to try their vast array of tart flavors, candy, and fruit toppings. When my friend went to put on her favorite topping, mochi, there was none to be found. She pleasantly asked the man working there if the store had mochi and he barked back, "No!” She said she was sorry to bother him and continued putting on her toppings. He did not seem like he wanted to help us out at all, and was peeved we had even walked into the shop. Once he was done taking our money, he stormed into the back room slamming the door. My friend and I looked at each other both confused. This was the second weekend in a row we had met someone with such bad energy it hit us like a ton of bricks.
Last weekend our yogurt adventure was much more promising. It was about 11:15 pm and we were tired from working at a fundraiser at school. We needed out yogurt fix, so we decided to try a new place on 21st south called YoWay. We pulled up to the deserted shop and thought we were too late. But kindly enough, the worker yelled to us to come on in. He smiled at us, asked us how we were doing, and even told us the prices. He had already cleaned the machines and put away all the fruit, but he set it all back up for us anyway. We thanked him numerous times for helping us with our cravings and he thanked us for coming in even if it was after hours. The yogurt tasted the best and we were pretty happy afterwards.
After traveling far and wide to most of the yogurt shops in Salt Lake City, I have realized how much positive energy really affects how I feel. I notice when people smile at me or go out of their way to be nice it is a good feeling and it made me think about Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. He was always a happy and bouncy who always made the other characters feel positive and uplifted. Those are the types of people that I like to surround myself with. I pride myself on being an optimistic person rather than a pessimist like Eeyore. Yogurt always tastes better from a Tigger, rather than an Eeyore anyway.
Comments
Laura, I really liked your
Laura,
I really liked your post, The Difference Between Tigger, Eeyore, and Frozen Yogurt, because I think you made a great analogy to something that we learn as young children that many people either forget about or just neglect when they get older. In children's stories like Winnie the Pooh, we learn lessons like "you catch more bees with honey". But as people grow older, many seem to make excuses for being negative, pessimistic, or anti-social which makes them all around unpleasant to be around. Everyone has had a bad day, or experienced something that put them in a bad mood, but it amazes me how many people consistently have negative attitudes when it is such an easy thing to do to be friendly. One comment you made in your post, "I have realized how much positive energy really affects how I feel", I think is a very important statement because, I believe, positive and negative energy really can be spread from person to person. Negative people seem to breed negativity, but the reverse is also true. I just don't really understand why people choose the Eeyore route when being a Tigger can not only improve someone else's day through small gestures of friendliness, but I believe can improve a person's overall mental state for the better. It is a simple thing that many people often aren't even conscious of, and I enjoyed reading your post that brought it to light in such a genuine and childlike way. I think many people could do well to take notes from Winny the Pooh!
Basil
Laura, I loved your post!
Laura,
I loved your post! The connection between customer service and customer satisfaction was brilliant. It is true: happy workers make for happy customers. I have also been in a similar situation where the little Greek man at Olympus Burger turned on the newly cleaned grill to make me one last Gyro after-hours- he also threw in extra fries! You said, "I notice when people smile at me or go out of their way to be nice it is a good feeling and it made me think about Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. He was always a happy and bouncy who always made the other characters feel positive and uplifted. Those are the types of people that I like to surround myself with." I think that the motive to surrounding yourself with Tigger-ish people is brilliant because optimistic people rub off on one another. I consider myself an optimistic person and recently a friend asked me why I don't like to be mean and, selfishly enough, it is because I feel better when I am nice. Thank you for your uplifting post! I will definitely try YoWay.
Megan
Laura, I'm so glad you
Laura,
I'm so glad you pointed out how there are tiggers and eeyores in our everyday lives. My favorite part of your post was when you ended with, "After traveling far and wide to most of the yogurt shops in Salt Lake City, I have realized how much positive energy really affects how I feel. I notice when people smile at me or go out of their way to be nice it is a good feeling and it made me think about Tigger from Winnie the Pooh." I mean can't everybody try and be Tiggers, especially when they're getting paid to provide services to their customers. It's not too hard to at least put on a smile and say act politely for one minute of their "painful, boring job" because I'd love to work at a frozen yogurt shop. They should be jumping around like Tigger. I agree with every aspect of your post and everyone should put their hands up in the air for "YoWay".
Alli
i know thats so rude
i know thats so rude when you try to be nice but no response .nice article.