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Hi Gary...My belief is that you respect people until they prove you wrong, not the other way around.  The benefit of the doubt is the way to go.

You always try to instill the best behavior in all of us.  Thank you.

Kathleen

Gary, I couldn't have written this any better.  We all have standards, and some just higher than others.  Respect should be the foundation in daily business practices.

 

I always treat everyone with respect - and with integrity.  I know that others appreciate that.  I certainly like to be treated with respect -- and This is one of my all time favorite songs!

You don't earn respect from others .. you earn respect by the things you do.. we all respect gravity.. yep I said gravity.. why because it is always there preforming as always has .. regardless of the flavor of jelly on the bread .. gravity will always make sure it lands face-down..

Do the right thing all the time regardless of the people involved and you will become known as an honest / constant fair PROFESSIONAL.. from that point on when you show up everyone will Just Know to Respect the expected.

Kathleen: Benefit of the doubt is absolutely the right way to go.

Ray: We all should strive for excellence.

Joan: Treating people this way makes you the best in my book.

Eric: Your idea of getting respect is well taken. Sometimes we get the most respect from others in how we perform.

Gary, I try to treat everyone with courtesy and respect.  I'll never forget an incident that happened.  I was visiting an elderly man, a family member of my husband's.  I had always thought him to be a sweet old guy.  He had had some surgery, and a young man, a visiting nurse came to the house.  I don't know if it's pertinent to the story, and I sincerely hope it is not, but the young man was a minority.  While the elderly gentleman was in the kitchen, the young man asked to use the restroom.  Of course, I said, go ahead.  When he came out, the elderly gentlemen started to berate him for using the bathroom and suggested that he stop at a gas station before he visited the next time.  I was so embarrassed, I walked the poor guy out and apologized profusely.  You know Gary, I was never able to feel the same way toward that old man.  He might have been as nice as they come to me, but he was not nice to that young man and that to me, was when he showed his true character.

Susan: That is a hard story to judge. There could be some prejudice there, or sometimes people in their homes, believe it or not, don't like the hired help, the service people, using their bathrooms. He did ask you though, which was totally appropriate, but the elderly man just probably had his perspective on how the world should work. But saying to him to use a gas station was pretty low and probably does reflect him thinking he was better than the nurse, age wise, ethnic background, status in life. We all are a lot more alike than we like to think. Thanks for bringing up a great example.

Love your post and sense of humor... when I first read the title, I was CERTAIN you were going to say REALTOR.  LOL

 

 

Kat: REALTOR is a good R word too : )

Gary...Lack of respect sort of goes hand in hand with rudeness...there is an awful lot of rudeness going around these days...

Joan: I agree. Rudeness can result from a poor upbringing, but that's no excuse as we get older. You have to figure out who you are and straighten up. Rude people really annoy me.

Lack of respect is becoming a big, big problem in recent years and I don't understand why.  I think it really does have a lot to do with the way we are all raised.  My stepdad has been working with a realtor in Denver and told me the agent he is working with on a transaction has hung up on him multiple times during a conversation and he didn't know why.  He has an accent so maybe the other agent cannot understand him but I think hanging up on another agent is definitely not the right thing to do!

Patricia: Some people are just too impatient with others and shows lack of respect you are right.

Gary - Thanks for bringing the Queen of Soul to our screen.  Your message is so relevant to our business.  I've always tried to live by the phrase that you mention in your last paragraph - be kind and respectful to the people who can't do anything to benefit us. 

Lynn: That statement is a great test and flushes out the phonies around us. It is so two faced to respect people with money for example and diss the downtrodden and the poor. It really makes me mad. People that don't know how to respect others definitely have something wrong with them.

Gary, It is just so RIGHT... Personally I can stand the lack of respect in any form or shape. I treat people with respect and expect the same in return. But unfortunately I experienced, in my life, situation where people disregard that notion and treat each other with dis-respect... very troubling! 

Arina: I have the same feeling about those that disrespect others. As you see from others comments there is a lot of it out there. I think its root is selfishness. Some people grow older but never grow up. It's just part of the world and some people we have to deal with.

Gary, I am seeing many changes amomgst the agents these days - more of a willingness to work together and help each other achieve sales results. An example - a few years ago a client of mine asked me to throw out a low ball offer. The seller's agent called and left me a very snippy voice mail telling me how the seller was insulted. A few weeks ago the same agent hounded me so sweetly for feedback and pleaded with me to get my buyer to make an offer. Funny how the market has changed some people for the better. At one time she had a tone, now this agent was as respectful as it gets.   

Carol: Sounds like a bad economy can change someone's tune. Now you are the hero with buyer in tow : )