Who can you thank??

The city's been full of news about senseless actions people do to one another. It seems as though no one wants to stop and think about how their affecting one another.

We're all human, we all have family, friends, and loved ones. People need to get back to being humans with emotions in our city if we ever want it to have a future.

The problem, and I feel it's very serious, is how we interact with each other. Small steps and changes will improve things for us all.

It seems no one remembers what good manners are anymore. I recently read another blog about the power of thank you. Coincidentally, I am working on some research that relates to the same topic this semester, and it all matches up to our findings pretty well.

During a typical business transaction people tend to lash out and complain to a clerk who is doing his or her job, they forget that the customer in front of them, or before them, is the one who can change whether a transaction will go smoothly (and fast) or rough (and slowly).

Point of the story, thank the people you interact with if they help you with something, you went into a store for a product or service that you apparently had to have, thank them for the time used and move on with your day. No need to take it out on the salesperson who only rings you up, he didn't set the prices, the market did.

Greet the greeter or any of the employees if they say "Hi" to you, (companies push, if not require employees to do that you know?), it would make everyone's lives easier when you try to engage with us in our places of business, plus it breaks the ice during a transaction and can help us improve your experience.

Thank you for taking your time out to read this

The Packard Plant is about to disappear

Wow, the owner is going to demolish this building! I wonder what he was offered to put in its place, I bet he was given an offer he can't refuse, possibly a shoppping complex? I'll get out and get some pics up soon!

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120302/BIZ/203020372


*UPDATE*
I just checked it out on Sunday March the 4th, they haven't blocked it off much but I'm not sure how long that will last