"Quite often now I hear that people who smile too much are
hiding something. They are likely stupid or unable to handle reality, and are
thus untrustworthy. I wonder on this, because it strikes me that folk who frown
too much aren’t hiding enough. Your marriage sucks? Your job sucks? Man, if you
can’t handle that, then you aren’t trustworthy. A reasonable person can
suppress mundane struggles and go around smiling to strangers. It’s that facial
whiner who frowns because his train is ten minutes late that I won’t trust with
an account. I expect every employee hates some aspect of his or her life. Smiling
despite it is a sign you can handle your load."
Coming late to the party I was surprised to see no comments. And then I realised, damned if you do, damned if you don't. So consider me smiling stupidly at you.
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