Should I praise them? It has always been awkward and because of it, I do not give out as much praise as I probably should. I think it depends on the type of person on if they are more likely to praise or complain in a situation. I have met some people that they give praise all of the time even when I am not doing such a great job, I think it is more meaningful when you only praise someone when what they did was good or better than what it usually is not all of the time. I am definitely more likely to complain in a situation but I do not complain because something is actually bad I just complain because I want sympathy. I had two basketball coaches one was trying to make everyone feel good about themselves and would tell you what a good job you did every time you did something. The other would tell you how to improve what you were doing, and would only tell you good job when you had actually done something well. I appreciated the praise from the second coach much more because I could tell that he actually meant what he said and was not just trying to make me feel good about …show more content…
If it really were my fault, I would know I do not try to push the blame on other people. All of the scenarios would have been quick and painless if the person at fault had just taken the blame and it would have left both parties feeling better about the whole situation. If any one of these people had just apologized it would have increase the customer/friends view of them but since they tried to ignore the problem or tried to turn the problem back around on them, it made them upset and lowered their view of the person