Not surprisingly, the construct of interaction turned out to be linked to customers’ feelings of joy, which supports Czepiel and Gilmore’s (1987) assertion that human interactions are more engaging than impersonal ones. Furthermore, interaction (in this case between customers and those employees the customers come in direct contact with) can be seen as a meaningful and creative process whereby the outcome of such interactions is positive when the interaction is appreciated. The findings from the presented study are also supported by congruity theory (Osgood and Tannenbaum, 1955), which indicates that individuals seek to hold harmonious attitudinal structures, specifically in relation to service providers. This means that customers who hold positive beliefs about the service providers (e.g. service providers’ friendliness) will also infer a similar positive feeling to other related aspects of the encounter. As a result, the link between customer-contact employees and customers’ feelings of joy supports the view that emotions can be seen as a guide to customers in appreciating interactive situations and responding to them (Mangham, 1998).