The Golden Smile
Everywhere you go there are grumpy people and there are the smiling ones. One of the best and most fascinating things I found in Egypt is that smiling people come in large numbers. Even after the revolution, some of them just can’t stop smiling (not that we would want them to, anyway).
I would like to talk about this young man whose name I never got (I’m near-sighted, so I can’t see his name tag). He is a waiter at one of Sharm el-Sheikh’s five star resorts.
For the past two and a half years, I have never seen him without a big grin. He appears to be a genuinely happy person. Every time I pass his workpost, he waves at me and calls out my name. Smiling, of course.
So this article is dedicated to a person who – I’m sure – has an important, yet so commonly neglected, role of making people around him feel comfortable, at ease and – yes, smiling. Because you have to agree, a smile is the most contageous thing that knows no language barrier.
I wonder if his bosses dare to recognise the value of such an employee, will he ever get promoted to, say, a manager position because he did such a great job?
Either way, this is a token of my gratitude for the many times I was given a dose of simple honest positivity.
So… I challenge you to smile today and make somebody else’s day a little bit better.
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