Relax, the only way a good deed goes bad is to talk about it ... which is exactly what I will do because it was just a sweet one and wasn't exactly X-Men Save the Universe.
I was wandering out of Walmart with a jug of milk and was running low on ergs after two previous stops.
As I got to the car, I saw a little old lady was loading up her truck and I wouldn't be able to get into the car. I held back waiting but she saw me and wanted to get out of the way.
I said, no, no, no. I'm too old to be in a hurry. I use that one all the time because it almost always gets a smile and, sure enough, it did.
She moved her cart to the back of her truck and loaded up a case of water bottles. At first I asked if she needed help but she waved me off.
Then I just said of course you need some help as she had cases of soda. I don't even want to ask what a little old lady does with so much soda pop but it would have been pain to watch her load that stuff by herself! She had big ol' 24-packs of soda pop, at least half a dozen of them!
I told her I would put the cart away but I came back and she was all bubbly. I guess people don't help her too much. There isn't much more to say so you take care, ma'am, and I drove off smiling.
This isn't an X-Men story so I don't have to keep it quiet so it keeps its magic. It's an easy smile and now maybe you get one too.
There was another one which struck me as I had been to the Post Office before that because I have been upending things trying to find my treasure trove of Jimi Hendrix stamps but they're nowhere to be found and they're really cool stamps.
So I went to get some more and on the way out an older woman held the door open for me to exit. I held back because, of course, ladies first. She gives an immediate don't be silly look and I went on through. When I said thank you, her face just lit up.
Such a simple thing. It's always been my habit to do that and from the reaction I get I don't think people do it very much.
In fact, it happened another time as I was leaving yet a different place as a young man held the door as some will down here in Texas because the homegrown ones often have exceptional manners. So he held the door and I thanked him as well. Exactly the same thing happened as he beamed with a huge smile.
Yah, I know this sounds like Aunt Heloise but I like it nevertheless.
I was wandering out of Walmart with a jug of milk and was running low on ergs after two previous stops.
As I got to the car, I saw a little old lady was loading up her truck and I wouldn't be able to get into the car. I held back waiting but she saw me and wanted to get out of the way.
I said, no, no, no. I'm too old to be in a hurry. I use that one all the time because it almost always gets a smile and, sure enough, it did.
She moved her cart to the back of her truck and loaded up a case of water bottles. At first I asked if she needed help but she waved me off.
Then I just said of course you need some help as she had cases of soda. I don't even want to ask what a little old lady does with so much soda pop but it would have been pain to watch her load that stuff by herself! She had big ol' 24-packs of soda pop, at least half a dozen of them!
I told her I would put the cart away but I came back and she was all bubbly. I guess people don't help her too much. There isn't much more to say so you take care, ma'am, and I drove off smiling.
This isn't an X-Men story so I don't have to keep it quiet so it keeps its magic. It's an easy smile and now maybe you get one too.
There was another one which struck me as I had been to the Post Office before that because I have been upending things trying to find my treasure trove of Jimi Hendrix stamps but they're nowhere to be found and they're really cool stamps.
So I went to get some more and on the way out an older woman held the door open for me to exit. I held back because, of course, ladies first. She gives an immediate don't be silly look and I went on through. When I said thank you, her face just lit up.
Such a simple thing. It's always been my habit to do that and from the reaction I get I don't think people do it very much.
In fact, it happened another time as I was leaving yet a different place as a young man held the door as some will down here in Texas because the homegrown ones often have exceptional manners. So he held the door and I thanked him as well. Exactly the same thing happened as he beamed with a huge smile.
Yah, I know this sounds like Aunt Heloise but I like it nevertheless.
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