Natural Laugher at OFFICE MAX
What a morning! While casually sitting at my computer at 9:36am, I realized my dentist appointment was at 10:00am NOT 11:00am! Well! I set a world record! I showered, styled my hair (blow dry and all), got out of the house and to the dentist – just a minute late! I announced my amazing feat, to the office staff, as I entered their lobby. They all laughed.
I shared the A-LO-HA laugh with the dentist, who informed me his wife tells him all the time: stop and breathe! My dental hygienist shared her excitement of nearly being finished with the children’s’ book she is writing. She even had it ‘kid tested’ by allowing her pre-teen son to read it as she went along. I got the A-OK from the dentist and headed out for more errands.
I stopped at our local OFFICE MAX supply store, with the intention to make some LAFOLOT Workshop Handout copies. Well, when I entered the store it was ‘tension city’ over by the IM Press copy area.
There were at least 3 people at the copy-assistance counter. The self-copy area had a woman running her own copies in major focus/stress mode.
I thought about leaving and coming back later, but I decided to assess the situation. The woman was using the black & white copier. The other black & white copier had an ‘OUT OF ORDER’ sign on it. I knew I had some color copies to make, so I decided to be brave and ask the woman if she was using the color copier. Good news, my head was not bitten off and she moved her coat off the area of the work counter next to the color copier! Things were looking up!
I thought I had some black and white copies to make, as well, so I asked a store associate who offered to make them behind the ‘assistance counter’ for the same price as the self-help copier area. Once I looked at my copies I realized I only needed the color copier so I let the associate go. He was happy because he was dealing with calling technical support to fix the broken copier.
I was happy with myself for not getting caught up in the tense atmosphere. The woman to my right had a major, efficient, system flow going. Burst some computer printout sheet, then run to the copier, make a bunch of copiers, stack them up and repeat the process. There were tons and tons of copies being made of computer printout sheets. If you wanted to hire an efficient copier person, this would be the one! I stayed out of her way! I tend to joke around and get in people’s business when I’m out and about, but I decided to be smart and quietly make my color copies! *grin
Well, after a little while, she spoke! She noted that she had to have all these copies done and to the lawyer by 1:00pm. I felt it was now safe to offer some help and talk; so I said: ‘Would you like me to help you deal with the stress?’ She laughed. THIS WAS GOOD! I said: ‘Just plant a smile on your face while you work and it will help you relieve stress and open your mind while following through with your task!” She smiled and laughed. She said: ‘Yes, I can feel it helping me already!’ What a willing participant! This was another good sign!
She asked what I did, since she saw my copies with LAFOLOT on them. I gave her a one minute breakdown about Laughter Yoga and its health benefits. How it could help her with her immediate situation, etc. I said: ‘Would you like to do the STRAW SMILE with me?’ She was game! So, I told her to plant a frozen, grin, smile on her face and just start laughing! WELL, LET ME TELL YA’! SHE WAS WONDERFUL! There we were, in the open, self-copy area of OFFICE MAX – LAUGHING LOUDLY! HA HA HA I love doing the straw smile laugh because I emit some giggles, then some higher pitched opera-type laugh, and a bunch of other laugh varieties. She was naturally laughing along with me. The more I laughed, the more she laughed. AMAZINGLY, she didn’t miss a beat with her copying process!
So there we were, GRINNING, LAUGHING AND COPYING (forget about whistle while you work). I told her: ‘This is great! It’s great you laugh so easily!’
Another funny thing happened. The original, helpful associate came back to get the serial number off the broken copier. He was almost taking it apart, looking for the number. The other associate told him to look on the front panel. After that, the other associate came over, pressed something and announced: ‘IT’S FIXED!’ ha ha ha
Maybe all the laughter cleared the negative energy and even made the equipment more relaxed!
A FUN TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!
So if you can’t ‘WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK’ – try a STRAW SMILE LAUGH!
Live Life! Laugh Often!
Ha Ha Helen of LAFOLOT
www.lafolot.com
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