More Captive Than Client

“We have all been asked to wrestle with a false dilemma: being kind to ourselves or being kind to others. In truth, though, being kind to ourselves is a prerequisite to being kind to others.”

– Mark Nepo, “The Book of Awakening”

Am I being catty?

At the risk of sounding like a spoiled brat who has nothing better to do than gripe about silly matters when the world continues to be turned upside down by one serious issue after another, I do have an observation I would like to share.

But first…

Full disclosure (literally): I suspect this blog will be of more interest to female readers than male. So if you are a guy reading this, feel free to exit.

I wish I could’ve.

Exit the situation, that is…the one I found myself in recently. AGAIN.

But you see, therein lies the problem: I couldn’t leave the situation. That’s the point of this rant…the driving question I have for readers:

Is it rude to tell the person who is, um, providing one with a… personal service to please be quiet and focus on the task at hand, so one can get the heck outta there and move on…