Money has never been a high priority in my life because I know that I will always be taken care of. I know that I have to have money to go out with friends, take care of rent and bills, and do other things, but when money gets in the way of how I interact with people, that is when it becomes a problem. Money should not become an issue with how we talk to people. Every morning I dread going to work because I know how we are going to start off in huddles. In short, we try to discover more ways to get more money out of people's pocket. From what I learned if people need a loan, or a checking account they will come into the bank to get one. I am expected to refer, or in other words try to sale something to people that they don't need. We also try to change people's mind about were they hold their accounts, but if they are happy at were they are at, why bother them? All this is about getting money from people, so that the leadership of the bank can get more money. It is not about people, it is about money. No wonder people dread going to the bank. Of course, we always are going to say that we believe in customer service, but how we serve a customer is not about money, it is about treating them with respect, and building a relationship with them. It has become to a point were I am becoming stressed out and I am not sleeping as good. In my opinion, I am too young to get stressed out. Also, to be honest, I do not care if someone opens up a checking account with us. My approach with customers is about building a relationship with them because they will respect you more when you talk to them and get to know them, and they will keep coming back to the bank if you treat them like someone, instead the next sales opportunity. It is so frustrating when I try to make a sale because I am not a salesman, nor do I want to be. I do not think I signed up to be a salesman. Maybe I have a bad atttitude about this, but money should not come president over building a relationship with someone.I love everything about my job. I love the people I work with because they make it fun, but I have problem with taking advantage of people. I have problem with being a telemarketer, even though they say we are not one. I would hate to receive annoying phone calls at 5:30 when people are trying to eat a meal with their family, or enjoying time with their kids. If everyone got this message, I would join the do not call list. I will even give you the website were you can go and register your number: www.donotcall.gov. You can register you cell and home phone numbers, and I would advise you do it.
I have not written in my blog in a long time, and I have kind of kept somethings to myself, since I resigned, or however you want to put it, from being a youth minister to teenagers. I miss the talking and building relationships with teens. I truly believe that I made a difference, and I do not want that difference to be forgotten. I know that may sound selfish, but when I left, I did not say I was giving up on these teen's lives, and I am not going to. No one has asked me to, either, but am I still going to be a minister to these teenagers. It is good know that when I go to ACA basketball games that they still treat me like the minister I once was. I found out last week that some of the teens I was a minister to were at Gulf Coast Getaway, and they met some people I know from MTSU, and the girl from MTSU said that those teens had nothing but good things to say about me. When she told me that, I knew that what I have done has truly been an impact on the lives of these teenagers at Vaughn Park.
