Where did the glad-to-see-you attitude go? Today’s consumers can constantly the workplace of today isn’t like what it used to be. The faces that stare back at them with a look of unrelentless annoyance aren’t close to being the cheerful faces of the past that many remember. They now look with a glum face that doesn’t even attempt to hide their tepid attitude at seeing yet another customer. It’s not just the workers that this odd occurance is coming to attention, all around us it seems to be a rarity to see a person smile. There is absolutely no reason why people shouldn’t smile though. Some people may argue that they’re pessimists and they just don’t enjoy smiling. Others may say that they’re going through a depressing time and that smiling won’t help them. Possibly you may run into someone that will claim that they’re not smiling because there’s nothing in their life that deserves a smile. As for the pessimists out there, they need to look at everything from a bad point of view, so if they realize that it takes less muscles to smile than it does to frown, they may not have as much of an objection to grinning. They’ll be getting much less of a facial workout if they smile instead of wearing a constant frown because of the lower amount of muscle activity. So pessimists can look at it on the not-so-bright side and see that they’re getting less out of life by smiling. And just maybe it will be able to bring them out of their murky mood and keep a smile on their face. Now, depressed people are not realizing that smiling is one of the best cures for their seemingly uncurable condition. A grin upon their face assures that someone in return will smile back. When a person glances ahead of them only to see someone smiling at them, they’ll be far more likely to add to this growing new trend of smiling faces. And when they see someone returning the smile, they’ll just want to keep on smiling as their day appears to get better with each new smiling face. For those who claim that there’s nothing in life to smile at, all they need to do is open their eyes to see the world laid out before them. Don’t they realize that just waking up to see a brand new day is reason enough to smile? And while they’re at it they may put a smile on someone else’s face. There’s a chance that that person started their day with the similar thought that there wouldn’t be anything in life to smile upon. Smiling can also give you an air of mischief and some will wonder what you find so amusing. This provides an excellent way of catching someone’s attention and starting a conversation. Next time you’re out and looking for someone special, just try a smile, and see what comes to you. As you can see, the reasons to smile are numerous and there is no reason that you shouldn’t. Besides, what harm can be done by giving someone the warm and fuzzies? People need to open their eyes and gaze upon what the rest of us smiling people see, the happiness and joy of smiling. I don’t understand why people don’t smile as often anymore, but they definitely should.