545- Again, QUESTION with DIGNITY!...MAINTAINING A BIT OF SKEPTICAL NATURE...AND A SAVVY SENSE OF KNOWLEDGE of the FACTS!...

A) Do not take anything on face value, unless it is YOUR choice. At least pause for a moment or three to surround the facts thrown towards you.
B) Ask thinking-style questions...ponderables...WHY?...WHY NOT?
C) Asking savvy and curious questions is a sign of natural intelligence! You'll catch on to this neat process quickly for the rest of your life.
D) Watch a child when they ask lots of questions of a parent....or a teacher....
I CRINGE whenever I witness a parent or "adult" telling a child to 'SHUT UP'...or worse yet, slap them!
E) But observe a child when a parent is loving, patient and caring with a child....the child will, most assuredly, develop and grow into one unique, questioning adult if not sooner.
F) I pause and marvel at how this little guy, moi, back when, made it without being put through a sieve or three. Think it must have been pure fortitude!!

G) Example: went to a local 'Walls-Mart' to order a new pair of reading glasses. On a Sunday, closing time was 5pm. When I got there at the 'glasses section', they were close...4:45pm...lights off.
I saw an empoyee walking around the darkened area, with ropes up, and politely asked what was the correct time...my watch must be wrong! She was very apologetic, explaing how they the "big" management at Walmart would NOT pay overtime, especially if a customer was standing there filling out papers to buy glasses. Therefore, the employees were forced to close earlier than the listed time for Sunday in front!!!! I realized that the employee was not the one at fault and asked to speak to THE main Walmart manager.....well, now.....
H) This past weekend: looked at a huge sign painted on the wall in front of a local CVS and their digital print cost. Sign announced that one-hour digital prints made on their machine at CVS was 19-cents each. When I used the machine to print out a batch, and sent to pay, the price had suddenly switched to 19-cents ONLY IF you printed 50 or more! Nowhere was that printed out for the general customer public.
I used my own "Customer Critique" form back home, copied it for records, and mailed. Explained the "bait and switch" scheme and politely gave that CVS five days to change the wall ad or the BBB would be contacted to begin a case. Also, sent a letter and e-mail to the national CVS headquarters explaing the "bait and switch" scheme with the same expectation. Beforehand, did look up NAMES and addresses of corporate and local officers ti hone right in on who was responsible.
H) Being SKEPTICAL can be a good "thang", for symbolic reasons.
I) This ponderer has gotten, years ago, tired of being taken advantage of by "ignorant" persons, meaning someone who doesn't understand, know or want to know the facts, with their own selfish reasons, in all walks of life.....hope this inspires you to do the same.