I learned this weekend that people will surprise you. My latest graduating class from new hire didn't wasn't overly outgoing, participating and didn't seem to be overly excited about me. On our final day in class, they presented me with a gift. There was a card that was personally signed with a little memo from each of them, candy and a $50 Target gift card. Holy crap! Did they really care after all? We also took a funny team photo and had fun and it looked like they were really enjoying themselves!
That same day, I went to Target at lunch to get them some graduation goodies and as I got into the line at the checkout I saw a woman throw her stuff down and rush over to an older man who was now sitting on a chair. Another lady came running around the corner with a bottle of Bayer from the medicine aisle that she'd just opened up to give him. The first lady was a nurse and was tending to the man, so the second lady decided it was okay to leave him with her. She did take the bottle of Bayer to the cashier and offer to pay for it, to which he said no (WOW). The nurse kept asking the man questions about his health and was very kind to him, introducing herself and politely asking if she could check his pulse and other things. He asked about the paramedics and she said they were coming and that she would stay with him until they got there. He told her she surely had somewhere else to be and she said "there is nowhere else I need to be that is more important than being here with you right now." And she stayed with him until the paramedics came. WOW. There really are still good people in the world.
People will surprise you ...
That same day, I went to Target at lunch to get them some graduation goodies and as I got into the line at the checkout I saw a woman throw her stuff down and rush over to an older man who was now sitting on a chair. Another lady came running around the corner with a bottle of Bayer from the medicine aisle that she'd just opened up to give him. The first lady was a nurse and was tending to the man, so the second lady decided it was okay to leave him with her. She did take the bottle of Bayer to the cashier and offer to pay for it, to which he said no (WOW). The nurse kept asking the man questions about his health and was very kind to him, introducing herself and politely asking if she could check his pulse and other things. He asked about the paramedics and she said they were coming and that she would stay with him until they got there. He told her she surely had somewhere else to be and she said "there is nowhere else I need to be that is more important than being here with you right now." And she stayed with him until the paramedics came. WOW. There really are still good people in the world.
People will surprise you ...
