1. Always be polite no matter who you're talking to.
--I knew this one already before I ever drew a paycheck but it really came home to me after I saw the sheer negativity you have to swallow down when you're in a job. I've been a busser, a phon-a-thon caller, a cashier, a janitor (and many more) and I can honestly say that your day becomes a lot brighter and easier to bear when the people you're trying to help take a moment and say thank you, or just give you a nice smile. It doesn't take much on your part to make someone's day that much better so why not take that extra second and be polite to your cashier?
2. Always put your trash in the garbage (and always use a garbage bag).
--Again, things that I knew already. But when I was a janitor I learned just how many people didn't seem to care if they just left enormous amounts of old food and other garbage on every surface. They didn't pick it up because they knew you would. Please people, be considerate. The garbage is right there. It's enough work to clean a room even without your extra mess. Also, don't ever put trash in a bin without a liner of some sort. That gets disgusting really quickly and adds a ton of horrible smelling work for the person who now has to clean out that trash can. I've been less than perfect with my cleanliness habits before and in places like hotels there is always the lazy impulse that 'someone else will clean it up.' I've been that someone else, and I swore that I'd remember what it was like on the other side of that sentiment.
3. Don't park in front of a mailbox.
--Admittedly this is something I never thought about until I got a job as a paper-deliverer. I never thought about mailboxes and how I should be careful not to park too near them because it would make it difficult for the person who has to deliver the mail. Well, now that I'm the person who has to deliver papers, I'm thinking about it! Isn't that the way of things? We never really think about things until they effect us.
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