View Full Version : A wonderful thing happened to me yesterday
pbrinton
08-29-2009, 10:27 AM
I had to run into Fircrest Market for a few things yesterday evening, and when I was preparing to pay for my purchases, the cashier said to me "Oh, I have been waiting to see you again; when you were in here the other morning you dropped a $5 bill in the parking lot, and another customer handed it in." She fished a bill out her pocket and gave it to me. It made me feel wonderful, and everyone waiting in line was smiling. I have told the story several times since, and everyone I told it to got a kick out of it. One simple action on the part of the other customer (and I don't even know who it was; if it was you, thank you, thank you!) has now given a portion of joy to any number of people, which radiates around the community.
Five dollars is not a huge amount of money in the grand scheme of things, but a good deed is worth any amount of money. I hope this brightens your day a little.
Patrick
MAUDE
08-30-2009, 09:06 AM
What a lovely and uplifting story! Now then...do you know the "rule"? You must 'play it forward' and do two good deeds, and tell the recipients that they too must play it forward, and do two for others. Would that we all did this, thank you for this post...you just brightened my day!! (does that count as one good deed??)
I had to run into Fircrest Market for a few things yesterday evening, and when I was preparing to pay for my purchases, the cashier said to me "Oh, I have been waiting to see you again; when you were in here the other morning you dropped a $5 bill in the parking lot, and another customer handed it in." She fished a bill out her pocket and gave it to me. It made me feel wonderful, and everyone waiting in line was smiling. I have told the story several times since, and everyone I told it to got a kick out of it. One simple action on the part of the other customer (and I don't even know who it was; if it was you, thank you, thank you!) has now given a portion of joy to any number of people, which radiates around the community.
Five dollars is not a huge amount of money in the grand scheme of things, but a good deed is worth any amount of money. I hope this brightens your day a little.
Patrick
sheila95472
08-30-2009, 11:12 AM
With all this "Boycott" talk lately, why not be PRO-local. Fircrest is locally owned, family run business. They are very decent people (remember the hit and run bicycle victim they helped a couple of years ago?). They try and keep their prices down and they have a very loyal customer based--I'm one of them. It is not a fancy store, but it is the real thing and your money stays here.
I'd also like to recognize the cashier who hung on to that $5 bill for a 'few mornings' in the hopes of seeing the customer again. How many people would go to that much trouble?
Shop Fircrest!!!
Deborah Thayer
09-02-2009, 10:08 AM
I, too love Fircrest and Patrick and our community. Patrick is one of our best and brightest and I love his command of the language. Thank you for sharing this act of integrity dear Patrick.
leelee
09-02-2009, 02:55 PM
This "rule" you speak of is certainly news to me. Rather then receive one (good deed) give two, I'm of the opinion that when one is blessed with the opportunity to help or enrich the life of another, we help and enrich the lives of all. So rather then having this obligatory mind set that only recipients of good will "must" pay it forward, why don't we all pay it forward whenever we are blessed with the opportunity to do so. This would not only brighten all of our days, it would manifest the love, unity and compassion this world so desperately needs.
** Blessings to All **
What a lovely and uplifting story! Now then...do you know the "rule"? You must 'play it forward' and do two good deeds, and tell the recipients that they too must play it forward, and do two for others. Would that we all did this, thank you for this post...you just brightened my day!! (does that count as one good deed??)
Cool! When i was living on the Mendocino coast, a womon wrote a letter to a local paper about her sense of safety living there. She was used to leaving her door unlocked and her key in the ignition, like most people there. One day many years ago she got home, found a few things out of place and felt a little uneasy. The next day when she got home, there was a little bag on her doorknob with two chocolate truffles and a note saying, "Sorry to have let myself in uninvited. My car broke down,
so i used your phone to call the tow truck. Here's a little guest gift for your hospitality."