Since this is my final blog post, I felt it would be a good idea to revisit one of the customers I have previously talked about. I was originally going to write another boring post. BUT seeing the same person at work today I decided upon coming home that it would be much more interesting than the boring post I was working on.
The tall, skinny, old lady friend with the great personality showed up at my work again today. Usually she is alone, but in the last post about her she had her family with her. This time she had a friend who was going shopping with her. The change in her from the time she was in with her family was astronomical.
I hadn’t recognized her at first because of her fuzzy, purple toque that was covering her stark, white hair. This lady is usually so positive and happy, but today she was somehow even more cheerful and pleasant. I could tell that she was having a really good day. She made her way through the lineup, slowly as usual, and got so unbelievably excited when she saw me. Her face seemed to light up even more than usual. It was really good to see she has people in her life that care about her, people that know how she is like I do, and people that lift her up rather than bring destruction.
I was really happy to see her family’s negativity hadn’t affected her outlook on life. It is really great to see someone going through negative hurdles in life and take them in stride. People like this make me feel really privileged to work with people even as a cashier. These people in my life inspire me to be a stronger person.
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It’s really nice how you’re able to connect with some of your customers in this way! I agree that it is inspiring to witness people go through struggles with a positive mindset, especially when you realize that their struggles are not only about little things. This makes me think that it can’t be too hard to go through smaller problems, as long as I think positive.
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I definitely enjoy it. I have this theory that since we have to work to survive, we might as well make the best of it rather than waiting for time to pass.
I am going through a lot of large struggles in my life and just seeing people being strong through their struggles has helped me immensely.
I couldn’t agree more. Strength is more about keeping a positive outlook through whatever happens and less about seemingly handling it flawlessly.
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Thank you for your post. It would seem that you are one of the positive people in her life. Judging by what you have written and the way that you have written it, I would say that you are a positive influence in many people’s lives. Keep up the good work. The world needs more people like you.
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Surprisingly, it never really occurred to me that I would be as positive of an influence to her as she is to me. If I could make that big of a difference, it would be fantastic 🙂 Hopefully more opportunities come up for that.
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