Can You Spare A Dime?
When I get a snack out of the vending machine at work, I always leave the change in the cup. It makes the next person feel like it's their lucky day.
The machine is in a common area accessible to kids, and when they find the change they get really excited!
Adds a little bit of unexpected joy to people's lives.
- Posted by carey442
- Jun 1, 2007
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Twenty-five Dollars Isn't Much, Or Is It?
My 13 year old daughter babysits for a 2 year old and an 8 month old. As it happens, she had a track meet on one of the nights she babysits. So I volunteered to pitch in and babysit so they wouldn't have to miss work.
The parents of these precious babies have recently come across some hard times financially, with a job loss. Now he delivers pizza and she is a server at a nice restaurant in a nice hotel. They are struggling.
When the mom got home from work, I told her of the events of the evening with her kids (the 2 year old threw a plastic fish into the toilet and clogged it up) and she tried to pay me $25.00! I told her that this one was on me. I enjoy looking after kids and to me, after raising three of my own, spending four hours with her two wonderful kids wasn't a big deal to me.
I saw her shoulders slump over with relief and knew that I had made the right decision.
- Posted by carey442
- Jun 20, 2007
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Kindness Is The Key
I was driving home from work, and as I passed a little blue car that had just pulled out of a gas station, I noticed something big and shiny on the trunk.
The passenger had left a huge key ring full of keys on the trunk.
I yelled and got their attention, they looked at me like I was crazy. :) They pulled over and got the keys off of the trunk.
Can you imagine wracking your brain trying to retrace your tracks to see find them and then the hassle of getting new house or work or car keys made?
If you see me and my keys are on my car, holler at me, please!
- Posted by carey442
- May 19, 2007
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