I fear I only have a couple topics
swirling around my blog-head
that keep re-presenting themselves in various forms.
If that is the case, and you’ve heard
this one from me before, my apologizes.
“Good bye” and “No, thank you”.
Two phrases people seem
to struggle with lately.
I have recently had two long time clients
disappear without a trace.
And a couple friends vaporize
nearly as cleanly.
Judging by the conversations
I’m having, this isn’t just me.
Unanswered correspondence –
whether text, email or phone –
seems to be the new way of
saying good bye, I’ve left,
I’m not interested, no thank you.
It used to make me mad;
now it makes me sad.
Sad that these people don’t
realize what they mean to an
individual or a group.
Your absence is noticed and missed.
And, sad that some people lack
the grace to say
“Good bye”
and the confidence to say
“No, thank you”
when an opportunity
or invitation or relationship
is not to their liking.
I have a colleague who is known
to enthusiastically say
“We should talk about that!”
When what she really means is
“I’m not interested in that.”
It makes me laugh,
But not really.
