A twist.

I've been reading a lot of books lately that deal with nicety and respect.  I didn't mean to do that, I just read some books that I had laying around.

A business book about being nice, a couple books about ex-convicts (respect is a major thing in prisons) and a book about a serial killer.  The serial killer was the best.  The book was called "I am not a serial killer" by Dan Wells.  It's about a kid that has all of the signs of being a serial killer but he doesn't want to be one.  He has a set of rules that he created for himself so he won't slip up and kill someone.  My favorite is his rule of being nice.  Whenever he wants to kill someone, instead of killing them he has to compliment them.  See, I told you it was all about being nice.  Truthfully, his niceness did have an ulterior motive; not killing people, but he was still nice.  Definitely worth a read if you like the anti-hero archetype.

I force myself to be nice, not because I'm trying to avoid killing people, I just know that I look like I'm always mad.  Working in the food and beverage industry I would try to soften my image.  If I had to wear a suit I would have a fun tie to go with it.  If I was wearing a tuxedo I would have a small sock monkey in my handkerchief pocket looking out and flirting with the ladies.  Little things can go a long way.  Try it sometime.

Maybe if we could all be a little nicer (even if we had to fake it) then maybe this world would be a little nicer also.  Think about it.