Too perky?
By arkaf61
@arkaf61 (10881)
Canada
March 4, 2008 11:28pm CST
Each morning I take the bust to work - and then the streetcar, and sometimes the subway but that's another story :) =
Each morning a lady gets in the stop after mine. She always comes with a smile and a cheerful good morning even if it's a lousy morning LOL She compliments people, she plays peek a boo with babies, she makes me laugh and brightens my day.
But sometimes people seem to resent her cheerfulness. While some people smile and feel a bit of that cheerful atmosphere around this lady. Others seem to think it's too much. Like a lady that commented today " Too perky for a morning like this "
Is a good disposition ever too much?
I love to see her and miss her when she is not there. I like the feelings she brings me each morning. But can understand that not everyone feels the same.
WOuld you enjoy the good disposition, the smiles, or like the lady today feel she is too cheerful for a morning ?
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@GardenGerty (126932)
• United States
5 Mar 08
I took great delight in being the one who was too perky when I was in High School. I tend to like cheerful people. I suppose those who do not can turn on a headset, or crawl into a newspaper. I would definitely like the good disposition, as long as it was not forced in my face. I tend to catch the mood around me, so for me, perky and cheerful people will rub off on me and color my day a little bit sunnier.
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@nengs10 (3183)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
Being too perky, I think, is a gift. It's something one should be proud of as a happy human being. Well, that should be our disposition in life as well. We should be happy and cheerful always so as to influence other people around us to be joyful as well. It's a blessing on your part to see her everyday, atleast, someone makes you smile everyday. Kudos.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
7 Mar 08
Me too. I like cheerful and I appreciate the people that help make my days brighter no matter how.
I guess I understand that some people need a bit more time to really wake up and smile to the world, so maybe it could be too perky for them.
But for me it's just what I love each morning :)
@Fishmomma (11362)
• United States
7 Mar 08
I laughed reading your post about the bust. I know its bus, but kept thinking that would make all the men on the board really happy reading about a bust. Personally, I think its great that she is nice in the morning, as to many people are grumpy.
I think a smile really makes my day better. The morning is the hardest time of day for me, as I'm not a morning person. I really would enjoy seeing her every morning.
@dfinster (3535)
• United States
7 Mar 08
I don't think that that lady you're describing is too perky or too happy in any at all. In fact I'm not what most would label a morning person..I'm far from being a morning person in any way shape or form. But there have been times where I've had jobs where I had to work the early morning shift like start at 5 a.m. and people who were cheerful like the lady you have described actually helped me get a nice start to my day which in turn would lots of times make my day go better also.~D
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@cortjo73 (6500)
• United States
5 Mar 08
I would enjoy it. There may be a day when I might get annoyed by someone too perky but, it would really have to be a very bad day.
Here is my experience. I get a latte from Starbucks every day and, even on a bad day, the baristas cheer always makes me feel better. The way that they greet me by name and sometimes the cheery messages that they write on my cup helps me start my day off on a better foot as I am not a morning person. So, I think that a cheery person can spread that cheer and make people feel better about the morning.
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@deebomb (15315)
• United States
5 Mar 08
I love to have perking people around me. It tends to bring up my mood if I'm having a bad day. It helps me to know that things aren't getting every one down. What a wonderful way to star the day having a perky person on the bus that is so friendly. To many people are afraid to be that out going.
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