{"id":7665,"date":"2019-12-18T07:55:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindworkshypnosis.net\/hypnotizer\/?p=7665"},"modified":"2019-12-18T08:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T16:24:39","slug":"the-janitor-stole-my-trophies-smoking-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindworkshypnosis.net\/hypnotizer\/2019\/12\/18\/the-janitor-stole-my-trophies-smoking-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Janitor Stole My Trophies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a crazy story\u2014about nicotine addiction.\u00a0 And an added moral:\u00a0 crime does not pay.<\/p>\n

At Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP<\/a>, I help all manner of clients accomplish all manner of goals.\u00a0 One service I offer is smoking cessation<\/a>.\u00a0 Aka stop smoking, quit smoking, dump the cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and vaping.\u00a0 And I\u2019m good at helping!<\/p>\n

Over the past 12+ years doing this work, I\u2019ve helped myriads of people to quit tobacco.\u00a0 Here and there, over the years, clients have so resolved: \u201cI\u2019m done with it!\u201d during our session work, that they\u2019ve given me their packs of cigarettes right there in the office.\u00a0 The packs of discarded cigarettes piled up.<\/p>\n

I decided to keep one or two packs of cigarettes of each brand given to me for future client testing purposes.\u00a0 I keep them in the office.\u00a0 I\u2019ll bring them out during our work to try to entice smoking desire, and test a client\u2019s firmness in their \u201cNo, thank you!\u00a0 \u00a0Get it away from me!\u201d\u00a0 I was also given tins of chewing tobacco, and vaping pens and oils.<\/p>\n

These aren’t just cigarettes, and nicotine products, these are my trophies. \u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ve been collecting them for years, as proof of being good at my work.\u00a0 \u00a0Each one represents successful clients<\/a> who are now nonsmokers.\u00a0 They are very important to me.\u00a0 I point the cigarette pile out to prospective clients frequently, explaining that any habit change is possible.<\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s the story.\u00a0 A few days ago, I had another stop smoking client.\u00a0 Testing time!\u00a0 I asked him: \u201cWhat\u2019s your brand?\u201d\u00a0 He replied, and I reached for that brand of cigarettes.\u00a0 The pack was still sitting on my shelf neatly stacked in the pile with others.\u00a0 I grabbed the pack, opened it.\u00a0 Empty!<\/p>\n

Astonishment!\u00a0 What?<\/p>\n

Every pack of cigarettes I had there and had been using in my work for 12+ years, (now approximately 25 packs and brands) was nearly full.\u00a0 And this pack was empty.\u00a0 How?\u00a0 I reached for another pack.\u00a0 Empty.\u00a0 Another.\u00a0 Empty.\u00a0 Another.\u00a0 Two cigarettes in that one.\u00a0 I grabbed one of the random cigarettes and said, \u201cPretend this is your brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

We did our work.\u00a0 It went well.\u00a0 When he left, I examined every pack of cigarettes stacked on the shelf behind my desk where I keep them.\u00a0 Almost every pack was completely empty.\u00a0 Some had one or two cigarettes in it.\u00a0 I opened the tin of chewing tobacco.\u00a0 About 1 teaspoon of tobacco was in there!\u00a0 (It had been full).\u00a0 I looked for the vaping pens and oils.\u00a0 Missing.<\/p>\n

My clients are never alone without me present in my inner office, and no one else visits the office but clients and students.\u00a0 Nor are my clients or students the type of people to steal from me.\u00a0 So, what happened here?<\/p>\n

I jumped to the obvious conclusion.\u00a0 The janitors!\u00a0 A janitor servicing the office building alone late at night was the only one with opportunity.\u00a0 The janitor(s) were stealing my cigarettes.\u00a0 \u00a0How desperate was this person, in the throes of some nicotine fit, jeopardizing his job and his company\u2019s reputation (and contract) in deciding to steal my 10+ year old packs of stale cigarettes?<\/p>\n

I notified property management and they did an investigation.\u00a0 It turns out that the janitor confessed, and was let go by the cleaning co.\u00a0 It\u2019s still up in the air whether property management will terminate the cleaning company\u2019s entire contract.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, my pile of cigarettes for testing is gone.\u00a0 I\u2019ve asked for reimbursement for the cigarettes from the cleaning company, so I can replace them.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t truly replace what I had.\u00a0 My trophies!\u00a0 Whatever cigarettes I purchase at the 7-11 would not be the actual smokes handed to me by happy clients newly freed from the habit.<\/p>\n

Oh, well.\u00a0 See, the janitor made a big mistake.\u00a0 He could have come to me as a client himself and all temptation would have been removed.\u00a0 That would have been a better decision, not only for his life but for his livelihood.<\/p>\n

\"\"All the Best,
\nConnie<\/p>\n

Connie Brannan, CHt.
\nClinical Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist
\nLicensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming\u00ae
\nOriginator of\u00a0Designer Feelings\u00ae<\/a>
\nOriginator of\u00a0Designer Beliefs\u00ae<\/a>
\nDesign Human Engineer™
\nPersuasion Engineer™
\nProfessional Conversational Hypnotherapist
\nManaging Partner, Mindworks Hypnosis
\nhttp:\/\/www.mindworkshypnosis.net<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.seattlenlptraining.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a crazy story\u2014about nicotine addiction.\u00a0 And an added moral:\u00a0 crime does not pay. At Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP, I help all manner of clients accomplish all manner of goals.\u00a0 One service I offer is smoking cessation.\u00a0 Aka stop smoking, quit smoking, dump the cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and vaping.\u00a0 And I\u2019m good at helping! […] <\/p>\n

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