Challenge 8

Good afternoon to everyone!

Is it easy to express your dissatisfaction to someone you don’t know? Are you ashamed to do it? Are you afraid of it?

As for me, I always find it difficult to express negative emotions about anything I don’t like. What ’s more, I’m afraid to say that something makes me uncomfortable if I don’t know a person. So, today’s challenge is about overcoming this fear. I had to go to a café, try some food, and then express my resentment to a waiter.

Well, I chose a pretty good café with a cozy design and quality services. I ordered a dessert and a cup of coffee that I like there. Though it was tasty as always, I had to leave the dessert half-eaten and then call for a waitress and say something unpleasant. And…well, it wasn’t easy. I felt scared to call for her at first (in some moment my voice even cracked) because… it’s uncomfortable to show your dissatisfaction. I was looking at her for some time, waiting for her to notice me. Then she came. I said that I didn’t like the pancakes. Uhhh…It was difficult to make my voice firm and persuasive when I was scared. But, feeling like an actor on stage, I succeeded to convince her that the dessert was not good.  As result of today’s challenge, I overcame my fear and got an extra dessert as an apology. That’s why I think, this challenge was useful as it helped me to avoid fear of expressing my negative emotions when I really need it.

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Have a nice day!