Parents want to protect their kids and get very angry when someone wrongs their kids in some way.

See the calm way this mom handled a terrible person.

Postcard Petty

This story is delightful in its simplicity.

My mother was not one to frequently complain, but when the service she received or witnessed was truly bad she would inform a manager.

But she was always civil.

Whenever she decided the threshold for complaint was met, she would write a concise description of the situation with her complaint on a postcard and send it off.

This way, everyone who encountered the card could read about the problem, including the staff in charge of getting the mail.

I once had a demeaning boss who was the sister of the owner of a very gossipy dental practice.

She was bossy and degrading, but also deeply insecure.

So this mom capitalized on her sensitive emotions.

You could tell she felt she was living in her dentist brother’s shadow.

Some time after leaving the practice following a really degrading interaction, I wrote an anonymous postcard to her that just said “You’re right, no one here really respects you.”

I still smile thinking about how quickly that snippet made its way through the office.

Here is what folks are saying.

Way to be a buzzkill.

So would I!

True! I’m sure staff loved it.

Exactly!

I wonder who folks will use this on.

I love how petty this gesture is.

I hope everyone else at the office read it.

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