Judge Judy

A lesson on passing  judgment

I’ve been anticipating May for quite some time now. Mainly because May meant my cell phone contract was up and I would be able to renew and therefore get an upgrade. I desperately needed this upgrade as I had broken my last smart phone and was using a friend’s old iPhone.  Very thankful for that phone, but it was slower than molasses.

The time finally came and I headed to the store for the long anticipated phone upgrade! I was waiting patiently in line for the next customer service representative to help me.  There were three. The first guy seemed to run the place and maybe was the manager, he looked around mid twenties. The second, a female, although I had trouble deciding that since her hair was shaved like a guys. Then there was the third rep who was a normal looking girl, maybe early twenties.

I decided that I DID NOT want to be helped by customer rep #2. This came from a mere judgement of her appearance.

I started calculating who would be the service customer service rep to help me. I tried to guess where they were at in their transactions with their current customers and who the two guys in front of me would be helped by.  According to my calculations, I was pretty positive that I wouldn’t have to be helped by the girl that gave me the heebie jeebies.

It came down to it, and heebie jeebie girl actually disappeared. That eased my soul. I let out a sign of relief. Well if she’s not here she won’t have to help me. It was at this same moment that the Lord whispered to me gently as He often does, about how judgemental I was being.

I stopped.
 Recognized.
 Was utterly Shocked.
As I try my best to not ever judge anyone. I couldn't believe myself and was highly ashamed.

Lo and behold it was my turn, ole’ girl was still missing but just my luck would have it  the customer service guy told me I could have a seat at her station and she’d be right with me.

Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinge. UGH. GO FIGURE.

Then, as usual, the Lord hit me on the head.

This young lady , who I was so hesitant to have help me, who I had judged, who I had labeled, who I had cast a stone at, this girl was the most pleasant and sweetest girl. She was hilarious and  so helpful throughout the whole transaction.  After everything was said and done and I was set up with my new phone I thought to myself how I was glad that she was the one that helped me. I was honored to have had her help me. If I had it all over to do again, I wouldn’t want either of the other representatives to have helped me, only her.

I felt so ashamed of myself. So disgusted with myself that I would think such thoughts.  Judge someone just by their appearance.

Judge anyone at all. It's not my place.

Am I magically cured from being judgemental? No, I'm human. I'm sure I will do it plenty more times in life. However, I will remember this lesson and nip any judgemental thoughts in the bud more quickly.