If your my age, you probably remember the classic movie "Road House." Patrick Swayze plays a bouncer that comes to clean up a bar and a town. There is a scene where he is introducing himself to the staff and he tells them to always "be nice." You can throw a guy out but "be nice." What a beautifully simple concept. Even dealing with drunks, trust me as a bartender I know drunks, you should still "be nice." Maybe we can take this idea to the next level.
I was walking into the casino the other day and I opened the door for an old lady. She seemed shocked that I opened the door for her and gave me a smile. Maybe I'm just getting old but when I grew up you were suppose to open doors for ladies. Such a little act of kindness seems so odd these days though. Why is that? A guest is rude to a cocktail waitress, she yells at the bartender and he is a jerk to his barback. This just becomes a chain of nastiness that leads to someone kicking their dog or something. Lets break the chain and "be nice." All the governmental policy in the world can't do what being pleasant to someone can. You can be a Democrat, Republican, Christian, Jew, Atheist, or whatever but "be nice."
Platt Robertson
Write-in candidate for President
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