How to deal with miserable people?

[Jessika]

Hmmm she obviously has something else going on in her life. Have you ever stopped to ask her how her day is going, or ask about her family or even her likes or dislikes?? It seems to me that she is a very lonely woman who probably does not have very many friends and doesn't know how to make them.

[catnapper]

Well, I can say I TRIED to ask her stuff like that. On the last adoption event, I had heard she is going to help rescue animals in the south left homeless by Katrina. So I TRIED to be kind and ask her about her upcoming trip. All she could do was complain about how work is giving her a hassle about time off, and how the head director is mad at her for leaving her shifts at the shelter uncovered. She didn't talk about the GOOD things about her uipcoming trip, only complained about everything else. I don't think she is capable of happiness.

I simply just left the adoption event after my one attempt at making nice.