Naughty or Nice...

Dear Santa,

I want to be nice to people... really I do! Naughty brings me no satisfaction. In fact, I feel bad when I am naughty; however, being nice to people is getting really difficult. The difficulty is not in my desire or ability to be nice. The difficulty comes when those you want to be nice to do not care if you are nice to them. In fact, whether you are nice to them or not, they are going to do whatever they want to do; and, if they do not want to be nice to you, then you feel you are left with no other alternative than to treat them naughty in order to get what you need accomplished. When you are nice to them you are seen as weak and they continue on with their lack of care or concern. For me this is all being stirred by a recent stay in a hospital by my wife... in Charlotte... CMCPRESBY... where we have been treated more often than not as though we are a burden to them to simply tolerate. You try and treat nurses... I mean people, nice but in some of the cases we have encountered, they do not seem to care. It has been so bad at times that you want to ask if everything is okay in their lives. Nice gets you no where. Sorry to say it but it is a fact. The saddest thought of all for me is the possibility that a human being can come to the place that they really do not care if you treat them naughty or nice. I still like nice and will try and be nice. Please, cut me some slack when you review your naughty and nice list and, oh yeah...I almost forgot... I would like a Blue Monster Truck for Christmas!

Yours Truly,

Nice Always, Naughty Only When Necessary, Billy