Trader joes checker and a bouquet of flowers.
Random acts of kindness are good for the soul. I have to say I do try probably not as often as I should but I have been known to pay it forward or some other random act of kindness to friends and strangers time to time.
Well, I can not tell you the last time anyone gave me a bouquet of flowers! It was such sweet and unexpected gesture!
I had met a friend in Atlanta to and one of our many stops of the day was to Trader Joes. We were not on a major shopping trip, so we shared a cart. We arrived to the check out line with a question. My girl friend was buying a perishable item and inquiring about ice. Who knew but the checkers response was that they recycle water bottles and keep them in the freezer section. She said they charge 20 cents for them. My friend said 2 would work for her and I volunteered to fetch the 2 bottles. The checker was going to send a helper to get them but alas I was already off to obtain 2 bottles of ice to keep the perishables from perishing! Upon arriving back to the checker, she greeted me with “ a job at winery sounds like fun!” Well that is my next job, but how in the world did she know that?!? I guess my face said it all, she started laughing and explained, my friend and she had been chatting whilst I fled to obtain frozen water bottles to save the perishables!! We all laughed and a bit of banter continued over money spent, reusable bag sharing and such!
The checker asked us if we could wait just a moment and of course it was not a problem. She disappeared for a few minutes and returned with a small bouquet for each of us and wished us both a wonderful day! My day had been fantastic to this point but it was transformed even more and for my girl friend as well! I hope to increase. My personal random act of giving and kindness as a reminder of how wonderful can feel!
Kindness pass it on!!