You may recall that 10Box used to be a Country Mart. I really loved the store in Hillmomba when it had the deli section. Then it was remodeled into a 10Box without a deli. Some of the workers got re-assigned to the Sis-Town Country Mart during the remodel. They were all SO NICE at the Hillmomba location, and also when I'd see one in Sis-Town. However... the regular employees of the Sis-Town store are not great with their customer service.
They are a fairly young crowd, so not really into serving the customers. At the deli especially. After the first couple of efforts, I stopped using it. I only buy the pre-packed stuff in that section. It's not that the employees there are rude. Just that they don't really try to be friendly or helpful. Funny how even the new employees at 10Box are SO NICE. I guess it's the older ones taking the new ones under their wing, to break them in right.
Anyhoo... I got the first handicap space at Country Mart on Tuesday. There was no cart left behind, so I resigned myself to walk along the front street to the main entrance. All the spring plants are there on the sidewalk, on racks. They'd just been watered, so I made note to be extra sure-footed so I didn't slip.
As I was getting out of T-Hoe, a grocery boy came across the front with the big garbage can on wheels. He was dumping their outside trash receptacles. He's a husky fellow I've seen there before. A young guy with strawberry-blondish hair, probably pretty low in the pecking order, since he's usually dumping the trash or bringing in carts. A man driving by called him over, talking about a mutual acquaintance he was worried about. Then Grocery Boy came back to his garbage can as I was limbering up my knees.
"Ma'am? Would you like me to get you a riding cart?"
"Oh, no. I just use a regular cart, but thank you."
"I can go get you a regular cart."
"No, I'll be fine. Just slow. You are so nice. Thank you very much."
That boy's momma raised him right. I don't think this store promotes such kindness to customers. That kid would fit right in at 10Box.
2 comments:
He might fit right in at 10Box, but better of he stays where he is and hopefully other young one will learn and copy. And at least he will be there on a day when you really would prefer a cart to walk with.
River,
Yes, he seems like a good guy, and his attitude can only lift the performance of the others around him!
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