Anyone in the service or retail business knows that working with the public can be physically and emotionally draining sometimes. (All right, a lot of times.) “You treated last week and I just saw an ant on the counter!” “Are you sure you can’t work me in today?” (It’s 4 p.m.) “Can you do it […]
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