Saturday, April 8, 2023
Recipient:
Michael @ King Soopers, Capitol Hill
First off, you need to know something:
Some people have Resting Bitch Face, I have Resting Sad Face. (My mouth naturally turns down so my neutral face looks sad.)
Enter a guy, working in the produce department.
He observes me staring off into space.
Him: Can I help you find something?
Me, snapping back to the present: Oh! No. I was just trying to figure out what ingredients I might be missing for a recipe. Didn't write them down, of course.
Him: All right. I had to ask. You just had the saddest look on your face...
It rather takes my breath away, this brief moment of kindness and care. Because it is so unexpected.
Because a stranger notices something and then actually reaches out.
Small thing, and really rather beautiful.
By the time I finish my shopping and decide to give the guy an award he's on his break.
Now what? Do I hang around the grocery store for twenty minutes and hand him the award in person? Do I give it to a co-worker to pass on? I decide to stay and wander through the aisles and try not to feel too much like a stalker. Totally worth it! I give him the award and he is nice enough to pose for a picture.
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