I’d like to speak to the manager!!!

Adam and I have the same job.

We’ll at least the same job title.

Our jobs are very different.

Where they are very much alike is that something always goes wrong.

So we can get lost in complaining about things during the 12 minutes we get to talk each day.

Last week after a couple of hard days I started to complain and Adam interrupted and said tell me something good that happened today.

Without a thought I told him. something.

I don’t remember what it was.

On Monday, we were texting and I started to complain, and instead I typed… tell me something good.

And he did. And suddenly my day seemed better.

Today was particularly hard.

Very.

Fucking.

Hard.

No specifics.

But.

I reached out and said tell me something good.

And he did.

And.

It takes the air out of the sails of what’s gone wrong.

It lets the other one know it was hard day but we aren’t focusing on it.

We don’t have to say it.

Instead we focus on the good.

When I got home tonight I spent about 90 seconds telling him about my day.

Then quickly switched to tell me something good.

What happened that was good today?

I got help on a project.

I got two days worth of tips input.

I got to chat with lots of amazing people.

I turned some problems around.

And service at the new restaurant continues to get easier.

Lots of good things happened today!

What good things happened in your life today?