The name was perfect... Mary Burr. An expressionless name to match the expressionless lump of human in front of me. It all started with my perky, "HI! How is your day going?! Are you enjoying that sunshine? Find everything you need??!!!:)))" The reply (if it can be so named) came in less then a syllabol. It was hardly a sound, more like a, "m."
Her eyes never met mine, though I am sure if she was looking at me, I wouldn't have been able to tell due to the lids that drooped over her "void of emotion eyes." I smugly withdrew my extended joy. My attention then turned to the reciept printing, thats when I had noticed the name. "Well, here is your reciept, and have a nice day." She waddled her way around the register, grabbed the bag, left the cart and went along her path of nothingness. Oh boy, another wonderful day at TJ's. Can't wait to see what new soul walks into my life tomorrow...joy
was it the chill she left that made you remember her name? "Burr"
ReplyDeleteAnd tomorrow (today) us another beautiful day- perhaps you'll get a more welcoming set of customers since it's Saturday!
Let's hope!
how sad for M.B. that when kindness was extended she couldn't or wouldn't receive it! Let me assure you kindness is never wasted, it might have been the ONLY kind thing she heard all day but for whatever sad reason she missed it, the lesson for you is not to be stingy with it the next time. Funny how God uses others to teach us about ourselves! sorry, didn't mean for it to be a sermonette!
ReplyDeleteI like that name. Sounds like a Jane Austen novel name.
ReplyDeletewe have people like that in cirencester - the more money they have the worse they are - however, mom's right - maybe nobody else is nice to them xx
ReplyDeletePoor lady, it's so sad when people are so cold. Keep up your perkiness, Ab!
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