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My Faith In Humanity Has Been Restored (Long)
I was at work last night and it was busy, super busy. Because:
A) It's a Saturday, we're always busy on Saturdays.
B) It's the day before Mother's Day, and we were closed on Mother's Day causing everyone who wanted to buy something for Mother's Day to come it tonight.
C) It's also prom night for three of the local high schools which means that the majority of our baggers and cashiers who work at night have asked off for tonight (or called in sick
*) leaving only a few college students like myself and some other high schoolers who did not have prom to battle the hoards of customers.
I finished helping a customer, gave her her change and receipt, and the bagger helped her take her groceries out to her car. I then move on to my next customer.
Me:
NL: Nice Lady
Me: How are you doing tonight, ma'am?
NL: Fine
I notice that there is a carton of eggs and a can of beans then a divider then more groceries on the belt.
Me: Oh, do you have two orders?
NL: No, *looks at eggs and beans* Those aren't mine.
Me: They must belong to the previous customer. The divider must have gotten knocked down somehow.
That does actually occur often, but we usually keep an eye out for it to happen. I wasn't paying attention because we were so busy.
NL: Well I'll just take them then.
Me: Ma'am, you don't have to do that, I can get someone to put it back.
NL: No, I'll buy it and then you can get someone to take it out to that lady.
Me:
NL: I like to do nice things for strangers, I hope that they will do the same for me.
Me: Ma'am, you really don't have to do that.
NL: I want to, it's ok.
I ring up the eggs and beans.
NL: Now, send someone out there to give that lady her groceries.
I send a bagger who wasn't doing anything (btw, this is odd because we were extremely busy) out to give the other customer her groceries. While I was ringing up the rest of her groceries, the bagger came back in and said that he gave the other lady her groceries. Unfortunately, he was unable to explain to her what had happened because he actually didn't know and explaining it to him would have taken too long and the lady might have left so she didn't know that a stranger paid for some of her groceries.
I thanked the lady and wished her a Happy Mother's Day.
I'm just glad to know that there are decent people in the world who would pay for someone else's groceries. It was only about $5.00, but still.
What she did also lightened my mood quite a bit, which made it easier to deal with the rest of the customers I had that night.
* I do realize that some of these people could have actually been sick, but I highly doubt it because it was their prom night. I think that they just didn't ask off in time.
A) It's a Saturday, we're always busy on Saturdays.
B) It's the day before Mother's Day, and we were closed on Mother's Day causing everyone who wanted to buy something for Mother's Day to come it tonight.
C) It's also prom night for three of the local high schools which means that the majority of our baggers and cashiers who work at night have asked off for tonight (or called in sick
*) leaving only a few college students like myself and some other high schoolers who did not have prom to battle the hoards of customers.I finished helping a customer, gave her her change and receipt, and the bagger helped her take her groceries out to her car. I then move on to my next customer.
Me:
NL: Nice Lady
Me: How are you doing tonight, ma'am?
NL: Fine
I notice that there is a carton of eggs and a can of beans then a divider then more groceries on the belt.
Me: Oh, do you have two orders?
NL: No, *looks at eggs and beans* Those aren't mine.
Me: They must belong to the previous customer. The divider must have gotten knocked down somehow.
That does actually occur often, but we usually keep an eye out for it to happen. I wasn't paying attention because we were so busy.
NL: Well I'll just take them then.
Me: Ma'am, you don't have to do that, I can get someone to put it back.
NL: No, I'll buy it and then you can get someone to take it out to that lady.
Me:
NL: I like to do nice things for strangers, I hope that they will do the same for me.
Me: Ma'am, you really don't have to do that.
NL: I want to, it's ok.
I ring up the eggs and beans.
NL: Now, send someone out there to give that lady her groceries.
I send a bagger who wasn't doing anything (btw, this is odd because we were extremely busy) out to give the other customer her groceries. While I was ringing up the rest of her groceries, the bagger came back in and said that he gave the other lady her groceries. Unfortunately, he was unable to explain to her what had happened because he actually didn't know and explaining it to him would have taken too long and the lady might have left so she didn't know that a stranger paid for some of her groceries.
I thanked the lady and wished her a Happy Mother's Day.
I'm just glad to know that there are decent people in the world who would pay for someone else's groceries. It was only about $5.00, but still.
What she did also lightened my mood quite a bit, which made it easier to deal with the rest of the customers I had that night.
* I do realize that some of these people could have actually been sick, but I highly doubt it because it was their prom night. I think that they just didn't ask off in time.