Another fun thing I do with customers - specifically parents of very small children who don’t know they’re alive yet - is directly imply I think the coffee is for the baby, not the parent. and lemme tell you, like 70% of parents eat that shit up. They immediately go along with the bit and start discussing it with their newborn child, while the baby just stares at us like 😮
It’s very unproductive to sit around waiting for people to guess what you want from them just to then get upset when they don’t guess it.
If you care a lot about your birthday being celebrated, let your friends know that it’s happening a couple weeks in advance and make it clear that you would like to plan something fun with them.
If you want your friends to gush about your latest achievement, make sure to let them all know that you did this or that cool thing.
If someone’s joke is hurting your feelings, you can and should go “hey, could you please not joke about my appearance? It’s a bit hurtful and I’d rather you went at something else.”
If you miss someone, don’t be afraid to reach out and let them know you’d love to catch up with them when they have the time!
If you’re upset about something, try to have a constructive conversation about it instead of holding a grudge in silence.
You will get so much further if you make a serious attempt to exchange hints and grudges with conversation and communication!
