My wife bought a dress at Hamrick’s Tuesday, but when she
tried it on that evening, it was too big.
No problem. I took the dress back
for an even exchange Wednesday morning.
I found the dress in a size smaller.
Success of my mission … or so I thought.
When I stepped up to the cashier, she said, “We’ll process the new dress
first and do the return next.” No
problem … or so I thought. She scanned
my receipt, scanned the tag on the new dress, and then scanned the smaller size
dress. Then she said, “That’ll be
$2.” I was puzzled and said, “But it’s
an even exchange.” She said, “You used
an e-coupon to purchase the original dress, and there isn’t enough balance to
use your e-coupon on the smaller dress.
That’ll be $2.” I was even more
puzzled, and said, “But if you take off the original dress FIRST, there should
be enough to use the e-coupon like my wife did last night, and it should be an
even exchange.” Now it was her turn to
look puzzled. She thought for a few seconds
and called out, “Katie. I need an override!”
And the manager (Katie) stepped over.
She said, “What’s the problem?”
And I had to go through my story from the beginning once again. Now it was Katie’s turn to look puzzled … but
only for a moment. Then it dawned on her.
She looked like a lightbulb had turned
on in her head. She said, “Oh! No problem.”
Then she typed in her identification number and went back up to her
perch behind the cashiers. My cashier
smiled at me and said, “We’re even.
Thank you.” And handed me the new
smaller size dress. Sometimes we look at
a situation one way and someone else will look at the same situation another
way. Each view may be valid … in the
eyes of the person who holds to that view.
Often, it is difficult to see the situation from the other person’s
view. We need to understand them. We need to step out of our shoes and step
into their shoes. Paul said that we
should not judge one another. Rather,
keep your own opinion to yourself. Romans
14:5, “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day
alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.” After all, I am accountable to the Lord and you
are accountable to the Lord. Neither of
us are accountable to each other. Hey,
mind your own business, and I should mind my own business. Let’s get along and both serve the Lord, our
Master.
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