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My
current employment is parcel delivery for Australia Post which I do
three days a week. I get to meet a lot of people because we deliver
the parcels personally to each house. I had to give a parcel to an
elderly couple, and somehow the wife made the comment "age before
beauty" saying that I was "beauty" and she was "age".
Well I told her that I thought she was beautiful. She didn't know
what to say, and she made me repeat what I had said to make sure that
she had heard it right. I could see that it had really touched her,
and she told me that as you get older, the compliments you receive
become less and less. She insisted on giving me a tip, and gave me
a $5 dollar note. I thanked her and continued on my parcel run. I
wasn't going to do anything special with the money, but I have changed
my mind. After reading some other peoples stories I have decided that
I am going to buy her a flowering plant and go back and "deliver"
it specially to her! And I will ask her to continue it on and do kindness
to someone else.
I have another story I remembered. I was near the
end of my parcel delivery run for the day, and I drove past an elderly
gentleman who was obviously walking home from town. He was walking
slowly and looked tired. I felt sorry for him, but kept on my way,
driving to the next house on my run. After I had delilvered this
parcel, I turned up into the next street which runs up a long and
quite steep hill. I noticed that this same gentleman was still walking,
by now looking quite weary and puffed. I pulled over, wound my window
down and asked if he would like a lift. I don't normally do this
sort of thing because I am a female. He looked most relieved and
grateful. I made room for him to sit in the front seat, putting
the remaining parcels in the back, and drove him to his house, right
up to the front door!! I told him to have a great day, and he replied
that he definately would, now that I had made his day! But the best
thing about it was that for the rest of my day, I had a great day!!!!
Yes it was a little inconvenient having to rearrange the parcels
twice, but seeing that look of absolute gratefulness and thanks
in his face made my inconvenience seem trivial in comparisson.
I shall send more as I remember them, or as I do
them.
"Joyous"
- Australia
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