Because of my degenerative spinal condition, the screws in my spine, and the probable nerve damage done during my surgery, I can't lift anything heavier than 5 pounds. The constant pain I feel actually gets worse when I lift almost anything. And I walk with a cane.
So, I just returned from buying two 1-Liter Diet Cokes and two 1-Liter Aquafina waters at the Shell Service Station near our condo. One of the clerks, after I asked if there were any 2-liter sodas available, walked back to the cooler, and pointed out the largest they carried, 1-Liters, which happened all to be on the bottom shelf. When I told him I couldn't bend down that far, he retrieved the 2 Cokes for me and also carried them up to the cash register. I carried the two bottles of water. This clerk had been solicitious from the time I hobbled into the store on my aluminum cane.
As I approached the counter to pay, after I picked up a king-size Kit-Kat bar, there was a young, Nordic looking lad, as there are nearly everywhere here in Minnesota, standing at the counter getting ready to pay for his gasoline. He moved back to let me go first, but I said I was in no hurry. So he paid his bill and walked out the door. Then I paid my bill, and the clerk put the four 1-liter bottles in a paper bag. As I started to try to pick them up, the young Nordic man walked back in the door and asked me if he could carry the sack for me. Wow! I accepted as graciously as I could, thanked him, opened the trunk for him to deposit the sack, thanked him again, and got into my car. He walked to his green Chevy truck and got in. And we drove away, both of us, without a doubt, better for the experience
What a nice evening!
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I just love civility, especially when you don't expect it.
I did not know you were walking with a cane.
I am sure there is something out there to help you get better.
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