Perspectives

Yesterday my friend Sara and I went to the restaurant Tomaydo Tomahdo for the first time.  When we got there the man working, Rich, greeted us kindly.  We felt very overwhelmed from all the choices of food so we asked him what he recommended.  He nicely told us a variety of his favorites and we gladly took his advice.  Sara ordered a sandwich and I got a smoothie.  He proceeded to thoughtfully give us free drinks.  We took our seats and waited for our food.  Rich shortly came over with Sara’s meal and two smoothies.  He explained that he accidently put too much into the blender so he just gave Sara a free smoothie.  We felt touched by his unnecessary thoughtfulness.  When we finished we thanked him again and said goodbye.  On the ride home we could not stop talking about how nice he was and how we would go back as soon as possible.  As soon as we got back to her house we told her older cousin the wonderful experience.   He smiled at us and claimed that Rich did not do it just to be nice and that if he went there for dinner he would not receive the same treatment.  This thought did not cross our minds before and made us mad because it was not the case at all.  Although we knew this was not true, it still took away from the experience a bit.   It reminded me of our discussions in English class.  I feel that our class often only sees the negatives or assumes the worst in people.  Such as how Ms. Serensky always refers to the class as “machines” who act insensitively.  Many times I have read something at night and felt excited to talk about it the next day but as soon as I get to class someone rips it apart and changes my perspective on it negatively.  I guess it all depends on peoples’ perspectives on a situation but overall I feel like we should not always assume the worst in people/situations.