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So I'm a part-time cashier, right? And, me being me, I tend to talk a lot to the people as they come up to buy things. (I don't get that I shouldn't do this. I mean, it's *good* to relate to your customers, right?)
Anyway, one of the questions I'm supposed to ask for October is if anyone would like to donate a dollar for breast cancer. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, it's just a buck added on to your bill. No tax. Sometimes people say yes. Sometimes people say no. And a lot of times people give me *reasons* why they say yes or no. I'm glad, really, because I think it's important for the customer who wants to share about his/her Aunt or Mother-in-law dying from or overcoming cancer to pass that message along to other people. Even if it's a message I've heard already, or that I can't benefit from, that person *needed* to tell me.
And then you get ones like this lady. She gladly donated, I thanked her, and she mentioned that there's a breast cancer awareness movement, which is a wonderful thing. But that she's sad there's practically no brain cancer awareness movement, which is what she has.
...After a moment of wide-eyed silence, I asked her how her treatment was going, how her family was holding up, because I think it's important for her to be able to tell others. And I spent the rest of the night wondering how many other illnesses and problems are borne by the people I smile at and cheerfully greet every five minutes.
Anyway, one of the questions I'm supposed to ask for October is if anyone would like to donate a dollar for breast cancer. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, it's just a buck added on to your bill. No tax. Sometimes people say yes. Sometimes people say no. And a lot of times people give me *reasons* why they say yes or no. I'm glad, really, because I think it's important for the customer who wants to share about his/her Aunt or Mother-in-law dying from or overcoming cancer to pass that message along to other people. Even if it's a message I've heard already, or that I can't benefit from, that person *needed* to tell me.
And then you get ones like this lady. She gladly donated, I thanked her, and she mentioned that there's a breast cancer awareness movement, which is a wonderful thing. But that she's sad there's practically no brain cancer awareness movement, which is what she has.
...After a moment of wide-eyed silence, I asked her how her treatment was going, how her family was holding up, because I think it's important for her to be able to tell others. And I spent the rest of the night wondering how many other illnesses and problems are borne by the people I smile at and cheerfully greet every five minutes.
