This just happened today. The mom doesn’t know it, but I needed a pick me up and she gave it to me.

I’m a shift supervisor for a retail drug store chain. When I’m at the register I will usually tell customers of certain deals their items have. I see this gesture of goodwill as a way of marketing.

I’m at the register helping my cashier handle a long line. An old man comes to my register. He’s buying 2 drinks along with other stuff. This particular drink comes in a variety of flavors and colors. Currently it is on sale 3/$6 or $3.59 each.

I tell him that it’s cheaper to buy 3 than 2 and if he’d like to get another one. He has a look of awe and frustration on his face. The two colors are orange and yellow. I tell him I can just ring up one of the flavors twice, he just has to grab that flavor after the transaction.

He tells me to ring up the orange one.

There’s a mom with her son who’s 5 or 6 next in line. The mom tells the son to run to the fridge and grab an orange one of the drink. The boy runs. I finish ringing up the older man when he says he’ll go get his extra drink. The mom announces it’s already been done and the boy hands the drink to him.

He says thank you and tells the mom she’s raising a very polite and good boy.

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