Customer tells store cashier why she's stressing about her trip–'fear drained from her face' after hearing cashier's reply
It can be challenging for a person to know what others around them are going through. In such a situation, a little kindness and understanding go a long way in making someone feel a bit better. A cashier at a retail store did something similar for a customer who was feeling really nervous about her two-week-long trip. The woman, u/Queasy-Objective250, took to Reddit to share how a few words helped the woman calm down and see things from an all-new perspective.
"The other day at work (I work at a large retail store), I was ringing up a woman who was buying a large suitcase," the cashier recounted. She asked her if she was going on a trip and the woman revealed that she was indeed going on one. But instead of being excited about it, the woman looked "stressed." "'I’m going to be gone for two weeks and I don’t know how to do that. I don’t know how to be gone and away from home for that long,' she told me." The cashier asked the customer if she would like a piece of advice and she was eager to get it. "It sounds simple, but just enjoy yourself. Whatever happens at home will be there when you get back, whether you’re stressing about it or not. So just enjoy yourself, wherever you are, whoever you’re with, whatever you’re looking at in that moment. Just enjoy it," she told her.
The woman stared at the cashier for a moment and processed what she had just heard. "You know… I never thought of it like that. I think I’m going to do just that. I’m going to enjoy myself," the customer expressed. The cashier felt "the stress and fear drained from her face" and was replaced by a sense of calm. "It was clear that throughout whatever this random woman buying a suitcase was going through, not one person around her has ever told her to slow down and enjoy the ride." She hoped the woman enjoyed her two weeks away from home and felt a sense of happiness when she was back and that spread through her like a "ripple effect."
"You never know what people are going through and how just a simple reminder to enjoy every moment can truly transform the world around you. That small seed of positivity planted in someone’s heart can grow and bloom into a garden of happiness," she continued. Many people in the comments appreciated what the cashier did for the customer. u/Ok_Ability_4683 wrote, "That’s awesome, proud of you! We need small kindnesses like this now more than ever."
u/CatMom8787 commented, "That woman will probably never forget what you said. Now she's passing on those words of wisdom. So, in all actuality, you've helped more than just her." u/OzoneWanderer remarked, "'You never know what people are going through.' You raise such an important perspective to keep in mind. Some debt, fear, fight, illness, death, rejection, caretaking and on and on. We can't know, but we can show them grace, offer help, say a kind word, give a compliment."