It’s the little things that count
I’m someone who always tries to do the right thing and I often do things out of common curtesy. Some people might think its pointless but I reckon these little things in life really do count.
What am I talking about?
Well, lets put it this way, last night I went to the bar to watch some football match (Liverpool vs Chelsea) and I had a couple of drinks while I was there as did everyone else in the bar.. obviously. But there was one difference between myself and the people sitting at the table next to me (not my personal friends) and most people would not notice this or think anything of it but I do. It was empty glasses.. I know, whats wrong with that.. I feel its wrong to go and order another drink and not take your empty glass with you to the bar, the empty glasses just build up during the night and the staff end up having to go back and forth to collect all these glasses at the end of the night. I know some people may say that they like new glasses for each drink, but this bar offers you a new glass anyway. Why make the staff work harder? Trust me when I say the staff appreciate it when you do this! (I often get offered free items and get treated pretty well from the staff and I dont buy many drinks!)
Ok, another example..
This morning I walked down to town and I’ve got a pavement with trees on which is all well and good but it means two people cannot easily walk past each other at these points where the trees are. Everyday I see people forcing themselves past each other, ignorant of each others presense and brushing or hitting each other as they pass by.. why? When all it takes it for one of the two to stop and wait for the other to walk past, I do this all the time and I know I’m doing the right thing becuase I get thanked by 80% of the people I wait for (the other 20% are the type who wouldnt even say hello..).
I know, I know.. this is nothing to do with this IT related blog but the same applies to IT as well!
How many of you web developers have created a script or abit of code, uploaded it to the web only to find you missed a comma out and your members are complaining that its not working.. What happened to just plain checking over your code, using a validator of some kind or testing it locally first, why put your site members in a risk of going to another site? I’ve seen this happen on so many sites..
Why ask a question on a forum for some nice person to answer and not thank them for what they did? Remember, you asked a question and a total stranger has spent the time to write (and probably find out for you) an answer. Most forums these days even have a thankyou button so all you have to do is press it, but do you.. no! why??
I can add loads more examples to this but this was just a days worth of what I noticed.
Whats your views on these and have you anymore examples?
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