Friday, January 23, 2009

pay it forward...

so today i was back at work. it started off miserable. my boss lectured me about things I cared nothing about and the customers were incredibly annoying...until one came along. i met this lady who was buying two Guess jackets for her daughters. she asked my opinion on the two and i told her they were gonna love them. one of the jackets was a leopard faux fur jacket. I told her she made a good choice and that the leopard jacket was my absolute favorite and i was in love with it. after finishing her purchase i bagged her items and she was on her way. about 5 minutes later she came back with another leopard jacket and said she wanted to get another one for her older daughter so they wouldn't fight over which jackets they liked. she asked me what size i wear because i was the same size as her daughter. i rang it up and the reciept printed out i asked her if she wanted the new jacket in the same bag as the others. she told me the jacket was for me. at first i thought she was kidding. but she was serious. i told her i couldn't accept that that it was too much. and she started to walk away and was serious about giving me the jacket. i mean this jacket was $90! NINETY FREAKING DOLLARS! i couldn't just accept it. but she gave me a hug and just left. i was so overwhelmed with emotion i started crying. that has got to be the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. so i'm making it a mission to a.) find this woman and give her gifts up the wazoo and b.) pay it forward. have you ever seen that movie pay it forward? its so good. it starts helen hunt kevin spacey and hayley joel osment. but its basically about people doing nice things for strangers and hoping they'll do the same by paying it forward. so I need some ideas. got any?

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