11th
Is being grateful really that difficult?
Living in a doorman building in Manhattan is incredibly expensive. This is especially true during Christmas time when the building management sends out a list of building employees that the residents should give a holiday bonus to. In general I have no problem giving this bonus. As much as it hurts my wallet, the guys work hard and count on this Christmas money.
At the beginning of last year, I was confronted by the woman that runs the in house building dry cleaner about why I didn’t give her a bonus for 2006. This shocked me as she isn’t a building employee (Her company rents space in our lobby). I explained to her that she wasn’t on the list distributed by management and that it was her company’s job to give her a bonus. She went on to explain that her company does not give her anything and that she counts on this money. Ok, fine. I decided to give her a bonus at the end of 2007.
11 days into 2008 she still hasn’t thanked me for the Christmas bonus I left her in December. Mind you that she has had many opportunities. I literally see her every morning. I cant explain how much this pisses me off. She makes a point of telling me how much she needs the money and then doesn’t thank me?
A small thank you would have guaranteed a bonus for every year I live in the building. Now I don’t want to give her anything next year. Is being grateful really that difficult?