Today was very busy. It had the first feel of Christmas shopping. Long line ups, Christmas music blaring over the speakers. People buying ornaments and decorations and such. If we had snow yet, it would have felt like Christmas Eve.
A young girl, about 11 or 12 comes to my till with 2 items. I ask, "Oh, are you starting your shopping?" She replies that the two items are for her parents and she has saved her money to buy them.
She pulls out her change purse and begins to count it out and comes to the conclusion that she is about 8 bucks short. Yikes! A few cents maybe, a buck or two, but 8?? I tell her that I'm sorry, she doesn't have enough money, when suddenly, the 6 or 7 people lined up behind her start to pass change up to the front. They pooled up and paid for the little girls presents for her parents!
I was so touched that the Christmas spirit was alive and well and teared up a bit. It would have been the perfect Hallmark moment... if the little snot had even bothered to say thank you.
A young girl, about 11 or 12 comes to my till with 2 items. I ask, "Oh, are you starting your shopping?" She replies that the two items are for her parents and she has saved her money to buy them.
She pulls out her change purse and begins to count it out and comes to the conclusion that she is about 8 bucks short. Yikes! A few cents maybe, a buck or two, but 8?? I tell her that I'm sorry, she doesn't have enough money, when suddenly, the 6 or 7 people lined up behind her start to pass change up to the front. They pooled up and paid for the little girls presents for her parents!
I was so touched that the Christmas spirit was alive and well and teared up a bit. It would have been the perfect Hallmark moment... if the little snot had even bothered to say thank you.
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