Friday, September 9, 2011

Opportunity

There is a waitress who waits the table at the diner I take my dad.
She usually puts on a very strange over the top act of high voiced
posed hands and fake "cheer".
It would grate on my nerves.
One, because I hate fake, and two,
I knew she was depressed because I would see her
face and actions away from the clientele-
Heavy and overwhelmed...
Today there was no fake voice-
no hand posing...
 and I saw she was making mistakes with all her clientele.
What could I do to make her feel better?
I can't run up and hug her- she'd think I was accosting her.
So, I tore a 4" square off my placemat and wrote on the back-

"Here's A (((HUG))) for you "

I think I heard genuine exclamation from her
as we went out the door

4 comments:

Sultan said...
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Sultan said...

Making someone feel even a little better is a noble thing. Well done.

Admiral Hestorb said...

Sometimes you can hug a stranger..I have, but..it's not often and all signs have to say "go". :-)

You did a great nice thing. Proud to read it.

Haphazardkat said...

perfectly done :) bravo!