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Terrible no good very bad day




Thank goodness yesterday is over.  For no specific reason that I can think of, I was just in a cranky mood.  I’m sure part of it is because we’ve had 6 days of non stop rain torrential flooding and black skies.  I’ve been hopeful and optimistic about my job hunt situation but yesterday all hope and optimism came to a screeching halt, also for no real reason.  Just a dark mood.

I have cut way back on the amount of pop I drink but yesterday I just really needed a diet Pepsi.  I stopped at a convenience store and got my drink, but when I went up to pay and handed the clerk my money, he said never mind, he got it. Huh! I know my jaw dropped and I said What? He repeated that he had it and to have a good day.  I walked out of there smiling, thinking I must look very sad and pathetic for the store clerk to do that.  I told my kids, what a nice thing to do.

It didnt diminish my good feeling when my husband laughed and said he stopped at the same store on his way home and the clerk didnt make him pay for his drink either.  Maybe its something they do once in awhile, but yesterday I really appreciated that small gesture, even if it had absolutely nothing to do with me.  I need to remember that small gestures do matter and try to do them more often myself.   Yesterday I let myself get all wrapped up in stress and anxiety, and that store clerk had no idea how happy his 89 cent gesture made me.  And today is a new and better day.

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    5 Responses to “Terrible no good very bad day”

      1
        Trisha Swindle on May 6th, 2009 12:40 pm

        tTownmoms.com and I are excited about Thursday and getting to hang out with you and so many other wonderful women at the Mom’s Night Out!

      2
        Robyns Online World on May 6th, 2009 7:11 pm

        I hope today is going better for you. We have all been there.

        One of my favorite Random Acts of Kindness is to pay for the person behind me in the drive thru lane. I ask the cashier how much it is and as long as it is within my budget I pay for it and tell the clerk to just tell them I don’t know them, but did it just to be nice. Truly random this way and I hope it makes folks smile when I do it.

      3
        MIkki on May 6th, 2009 9:39 pm

        Great post.
        My girls and I do the RAOK thing too at drive thru’s. We always love to do that.

        Glad your day started to perk up a little!

      4
        Sheri on May 7th, 2009 1:42 pm

        I love that idea about the drive thru, I’ll have to start doing that. I’m sure it makes people smile when you do that, I know that clerk buying my pop made me walk out of there with a big smile.

      5
        MaryAnne on May 7th, 2009 4:55 pm

        Don’t worry, we all get that way…it’s as if all your joy seems so far away…the black DOES lift, trust me, it does…

        As for the clerk, could have been an angel OR a robber..one of the two :-)

        and also, don’t feel bad…I’m not sure where you’re located, but here in NY (Long Island) it’s been raining since last thursday or wednesday…I can’t even remember the exact day, and the sun will peek through, then rain again, AGAIN…LOL…

        and in closing…I have to take a guess here..you’re somewhere in the midwest…that’s where I grew up and we called soda POP all my life…til I moved to NY, now all I say is SODA…funny, that’s all :-)