Words of encouragement

--by silentdreamer, posted Jan 7, 2007

Today I walked into a shop and was served by a young boy - he must have been around 18.

He was being told off by his boss for something. Even if what his boss was saying was valid, which I do not know, because I do not know the full story, I still felt that the way he was being treated was unfair.

He was being put down in front of customers and all the other staff. The boss told him that he should not serve in the front of the shop anymore, where he deals with customers and should serve at the back. Then although the boy had started serving me, his boss asked him to stop and passed on the job to somebody else.

The boy did not say anything but I could see that he was really upset. I could also see that he could easily have done what I had asked him to do for me, just by the way he explained the job to the next person whom it was passed on to.

I came away feeling that the boy was being treated unfairly and was being discouraged rather than encouraged to learn, even if he had made some mistakes, which I did not know about.

I picked up his name in the ongoing conversation and I had the address of the shop from the receipt I got.

I decided to send him a thank you card from an anonymous customer, with a short note to thank him for his help.

I hope that it brings a smile to his face and gives him some encouragement while he is learning and possibly making some mistakes along the way.

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Posted by silentdreamer
Jan 7, 2007
Comments (16)

Readers Comments

pacots wrote: Knowing that someone thought he was doing a fine job probably means a lot to him.

Ari1969 wrote: Yes, silent dreamer. We also would have gone thro' such situations in our lifetime. We wouldn't have got someone to lift us up then, now you have done it and set an example! Great ! Keep sowing the seeds of kindness always!

bubinu wrote: thanks for helping that guy,i am sure he recieved that smile....well done.

akber wrote: its a good lesson for me as i am not that observent...thanx ...keep it up

Derek Sahfe wrote: i think you did well by sending him that.It will go a long way to encourage and help him coupe with situations like that.Thank you for that.

venkatt wrote: wow that was good of you

Ginny wrote: What nice and kind thing too. You want out of you way to make someone elese feel better. Thank for doing that.

kienje wrote: Wow that is very kind of you i know the boy felt good.Thank you for making him smile!!

iei wrote: it is a lesson learned for all of us... let us be all more considerate to people... :P

chimezie wrote: wow that is good of you because bible say you must receive the blessing of every goodthing you do to your fellow human being keep it up you make him smile and god will bless you

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