"Have you ever heard of store rage?"

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I’ve never really thought about store rage until I got a call from a man about it. This guy went to the trouble of finding my phone number and calling me up to ask me to do a story about store rage.

It seems that a person walked into a store where the man’s wife works and pretty much verbally abused her. The person just went on and on, getting louder and louder, and more abusive about something that was beyond the clerk’s control. The person got really angry, called the woman a few names, and stormed out, leaving her in tears.

You know, it’s really easy to take your problems—that you can’t control or change—out on someone else, especially someone who’s paid to be nice to you like an associate in a store. It’s easy to get store rage.

But what does that really accomplish? You don’t feel better when you’re through, because the more you feed the rage, the larger it grows, shrinking your spirit.

So the next time you feel the rage growing, take a deep breath, get quiet, and listen to your life so you can make a life, not just a living.

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