I just wanted to yap about this interaction I had the other day and don’t really have anyone to talk to about it.

I was at Publix buying a few items. At the self checkout, an employee was there greeting customers and monitoring the self checkout. She was talking to herself a lot, just thinking out loud.

She said “hm I think this is what I asked my son for for Mother’s Day but he didn’t see it, I’ll send him a picture”

I turned around because I thought she was speaking to me but she was just looking at the orchid display and then apologized when she noticed me looking at her and said “so sorry I’m just thinking out loud!”

When I paid and walked towards the exit, I noticed the large pots were $30+ but on the other side of the display, there were tiny orchids in little cute baby pots that were $10 each.

I’m not sure why as I normally don’t just act impulsively like this but I grabbed the best looking one I could see, walked back to self checkout, paid for the orchid and handed her the baby orchid with the receipt and said “Happy Mother’s Day! Sorry I heard you talking about wanting one and I wanted to make sure you had a good holiday”

She was very happy and over the top with her reaction lol but I just said “have a great day” and walked out

It was really nice to see her coworkers come over to ask what happened and she showed off the little plant as I was leaving.

I saw her name tag so I was thinking of leaving a good review for Myra at the Publix at the Bluffs Square Shopping Center in Jupiter, Florida if anyone wants to leave a kind word for her. She’s very sweet!