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My Life Thus Far
2016-05-22 06:05:38 (UTC)

Reward Enough

I've been having a genuinely awful (by my standards) month at work. I can't remember not making my goals as consistently as I have been this month. I've had 3 good days... well, 4 now because I had a slamming day today. Hopefully enough to pull me up out of the hole on the month. Even though I still have the desire to do well, my entire sense of self and success isn't tied up in it. I'm happy even if things don't pick up this coming week. I still make my bonus where I'm sitting now, and it really can't get much worse, unless I tried not to sell anything!

I had the greatest interaction with a customer today. Of course it was right at the end of my shift, but it was a great end to the day, too. I came out of the fitting rooms and there stood a woman looking incredibly lost. After chatting with her for a minute she shared that she often has a hard time finding her size, and she even seemed doubtful that we'd have anything for her. She was a 38B. Which is kind of a less popular size, but I had a few she liked and got her into the fitting room to try them. She ended up loving Body By Victoria Wireless, and got 5 pairs of undies to go with her 4 colors. She was like a kid in a candy store! So excited to have a bra that fit and some cute undies. She asked me if there was a number or website she could call to leave a comment about me, and how helpful I'd been. I don't know if their is one, but she's going to check the website. Having her say that was reward enough.

It's few and far between I have such grateful customers, but it's those encounters that fuel me. It totally makes up for the customer who I offered assistance to 6 times, but she never looked me in the face. Then when she needed a fitting room and I wasn't immediately in front of the door, she said "I got asked 5 or 6 times by different people if I needed help, but when I finally need someone, no one is there". It was me... I asked her if she needed help all those times. She couldn't even acknowledge that the same person had been talking to her all along! How rude. So, thank you Gail. You made my day, too.

In less than half an hour, it will be midnight and Annie's 17th birthday. I can't believe I have a 17 year old child. She was barely 6 years old when I started writing this diary, and now she's approaching adulthood. It's insane, but it's been a great ride. Which went by so fast. It makes me a little sad. For the past 2 years, I've found myself reading birthday cards in Target, crying because it's becoming so real. She's growing up. She'll be leaving. She'll be her own woman, living her own life. I can only hope she feels prepared and supported. Anyhow, I digress. I had a really hard time thinking of just the right gift to get her. I got her some clothes, some perfume, lip gloss, the usual girly stuff, but I didn't have anything good. Something BIG... then it hit me. She tagged me in some post of Facebook about the Twenty One Pilots coming to Seattle in July. She has no idea, but I did it. I ordered her two tickets. Only, we're road tripping it to Portland, because it cost over $100 LESS for the same quality seats. Portland has no sales tax and for some reason base ticket price was a full $40 less than Seattle's venue. So, we'll be going on an adventure! I hope she loves it. Tomorrow when we're opening presents I'm going to text her the screenshot I took of our confirmation notice. She's going to be so excited! I'm dying for tomorrow to come!

I struggled finding tickets I could afford. I'm so thankful for the brilliant idea of looking at Portland ticket prices. It's only a 3 hour drive, and we could use the time alone together. With time to stash away, I'm going to take a little money out of each check and put it away so we can have a really good time! I hope she loves this gift!




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