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“Manners. That
is what helps keep us from killing one another.”
There is a gentleman that I have much respect for.
He is a defense attorney that has the respect of the trial attorneys.
In one of our moments of philosophical exchange we were discussing
not what was wrong with the world, but how we could improve the surroundings
we live in. The word
“manners” popped up. He
said --- I think a good description of manners is the ability to conduct
yourself in a friendly fashion without wanting to kill one another.
When I was going to college, my favorite job was
waiting tables at the Boar’s Head Restaurant in Moline, Illinois.
We were instructed in manners, working habits, clean fingernails,
clean groomed hair and courtesy to whom you were serving no matter how big
of a jerk they were. Through
the years I have shared with my family, when a waiter or waitress asks may I
help you, don’t show him or her disrespect by saying, I want, give me, but
simply say I would like to have please.
Folks there is a golden rule --- don’t wiz off your waiters and
cooks before your meal. Think
about that one.
In my world of chiropractic and the particular field I
am most interested, which is trauma and injury, I have tried to lay out
groundwork to level the playing field in a courtroom situation. The
courtroom has somewhat worsened in the common sense area since jurors are
now chosen by driver’s licenses and not by voter registration.
Out of this battlefield and arena rises the gentleman I am speaking
of, attorney Maximilian Prusak. When
other attorneys read this they might wonder why I have not spoke of them,
probably because it is not yet your time.
Max is primarily a defense attorney, who carries a
sense of honor in which you are to charismatically respect. He was in the U.S. Military and stationed at Loring Airforce
Base in Maine. As an attorney
at that commission, he served as Captain /Judge Advocate of the JAG unit
plus the Intermediate Staff Judge Advocate.
We got on a discussion of “manners” which helps you to get along
and show respect for a fellow human being.
This is very addictive. It
helps one feel better in a self-importance way.
In the chiropractic world, a spine that is in line is
fine. A 12-year-old young lady
brought that little comment to me in 1973.
It takes fewer muscles to smile and it takes less energy to feel
good. Feeling good has a
natural hyper-reaction to our adrenal glands.
It is proven happy people are generally healthy people.
As Max stated, “Here is a good example Bob.
My wife of many years, when she hears me come in the door, meets me
at the top of the steps and you know if I happen to have a bad day and my
wife looks as if she had a bad day, I have a decision when it comes to
manners. I can say one of two
things. Honey, it looks like
you had a bad day, can I help? Or I could say, what the heck are you so
grouchy about?” We have a
healthy situation and we have an unhealthy situation.
In my career I am very proud of several people and
several attorneys who may at sometime get a bum wrap, but without them you
may not have a healthy situation or outcome.
I hope this short note has turned on a bright light and maybe brought
on consideration to other people, as I have been fortunate in my career to
meet the high caliber individual, Max Prusak, and his manners.
Chiropractically Yours,
Robert R. Zinser, D.C., C.C.S.P., P.C.
Kickapoo/Edwards – (309) 691-6920
Peoria (309) 688-7817
drzinser@sbcglobal.net
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