This weeks weekend engagement topic selection for me is the annoying me ! Yes, sometimes, like most people, I can be really annoying to others! No, I'm not the type of person who constantly asks for things or pressures others to the point of becoming irritating. However, I can be quite stubborn in my opinions, and it's difficult for me to admit when I'm wrong during an argument. Sometimes I continue the argument even when I know I'm in the wrong. It's a bad habit that I'm trying to correct.
An incident from years ago serves as evidence of this. I used to work in the hospitality industry at a cafe restaurant. My employer at the time was also a good friend of mine. They had the idea of converting the large outdoor space into a summer cinema and organizing movie nights. You might think that this was a great idea to attract customers on less busy days, but the restaurant primarily catered to fine dining. I believed that such a move would certainly boost business on some days, but it would harm the busy ones when the restaurant was already full from the beginning of the day until the end. Our customers came to enjoy the restaurant's environment and the ambiance of a good dining experience. So, for me, it seemed like a risky move, and I made my disagreement very clear.
We started arguing about how our regular customers would not appreciate the changes and how we might become more of a bar than a restaurant. The argument went on for more than two hours, and I honestly forgot most of what was said that day. We started with the outdoor cinema idea and ended up arguing about the shortage of water glasses, which caused confusion when we were at full capacity and had to quickly wash some to accommodate new customers who wanted glasses. While the argument was continuing at some point I understand that I was wrong because the plan was solid and he had a really great way on how to market it and separate the two spaces so that it would be like a new venue!
As you can imagine i never admitted it and kept on arguing until he left. The next though I called him and apologized and told him that his plan was really good and despite my initial disagreement I believed he could pull it.
I hope as i grow older to be able to change that!
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