Refusal

I've decided that I'm going to refuse to help anyone at work when they are on the cell phone. I mean, I kind of do it already but I'm going to officially put my foot down and make it known that I'm irritated with them..haha. I'm going to roll my eyes and throw my hands in the air with the disgust. I'll do it in a suttle enough way that the majority of the customers will not even notice. One of the rudest things a consumer can do is come up to the register or ask me for help and then tell me to hold on so they can finish their conversation. The other day I walked away from a guy in rollerblades because he did that to me. I'm not saying that was the most mature and professional thing but that day I just wasn't having it and refused to put myself in the situation. People look at a job in retail extremely negatively, therefore, the majority of them think they can degrade you by making you feel small and wait until they finish their conversation. I'm not cutting hair, giving pedicures, or massages. And even at that I would hope people would have a bit more respect for those that do work in the service industry. Because in all honesty pretty much all jobs are providing some type of service to people. I'm sick and tired of feeling bad about myself because I have a college degree and I work in retail. Because if people even knew and understood half of what I do they might think differently. However, I can't expect anyone to care because I don't care about hte jobs other people do. I don't look down on people though for working in fast food or for cleaning houses. It's their job and they are just trying to get by like the rest of us. It's taken a lot for me to get to the point where I don't feel like complete shit because I work in retail and I obviously still have my down days. But I take pride in what I do and I probably make more money than people think. If that's what you want to base success on. Do you base success on how much a person works? Or do you base it on their quality of work? What is success based on in the end? I think it comes within all of us. I can sit here and say I don't care about what other people think but that's obviously a complete lie because I do. I wouldn't be writing this if I didn't. I will always take pride in what I do. Even if I was making 8 dollars an hour I would still take pride in the job. It's my motivation and my work ethic. Anyhoo, sorry about that tangent but it feels good..hehe