Re: The Air Hostess
What about when you're not in work though, do you think it's still important to act in a kind and courteous manner always?
I ask because I just went outside an hour or so ago when my neighbour happened to be in her garden and she was incredibly annoyed (this woman is the most pleasant and laid back person you ever hope to meet. I think it is the only time in over two years of living here that I have ever seen her annoyed) because she was walking through the close opposite us and banged her shoulder (she has a rather nasty looking bruise too) on the gates of the house across the road from us, because they are always left wide open right over the pavement so she pushed them shut slightly and was then beeped by the daughter who lives there who had just pulled up in her car, she (the girl) then rolled down her window and shouted rudely, "open them back up!" When telling me this, my neighbour added "and she's going to be a midwife! I wouldn't let her deliver any of my children!"
As I'm writing this I recall a conversation with my other neighbour, an elderly gentleman, when I told him I was going to be a midwife he said that the girl across the road was studying midwifery, and then added, "I was really surprised mind, the way she acts and talks to people I never thought she was the type."
I have never once seen her so I can't comment on what she's like but it makes me think that does choosing a career such as midwifery mean that you should be held to higher standards generally? Of course, as my neighbour said tonight, manners cost nothing and I think it's important to be courteous to everyone anyway but does being a midwife mean it's even more expected of you?
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