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A few
years ago, I worked at a church(教堂) and since my son
was home schooling, he went with me to the church every day. Most mornings, we'd
stop at a local convenience store, getting a chocolate drink for him and a cup
of coffee for me.
The
clerk at the store we chose to visit refreshed our lives each day, and so we
returned again and again. She had found her own way of enjoying life and her
job. I'm not even sure that she was realizing that her energy put a smile on
the face of each customer.
When
a customer brought cookies to the counter, any other clerk could have asked, "Would
you like some milk with those cookies?" Instead, she inquired, "Would
you like a lottery ticket(彩票) with those cookies? "
She
might have asked me if I wanted a donut with my coffee. But instead, she asked,
"Would you like some batteries(电池) with
that coffee?"
Yes, life
is what you make of it. This clerk's method of dealing with what some think is
a boring job, and with the customers she met daily, made the hours in her day
more enjoyable. In doing that, she also refreshed the lives of others and made
them laugh.
Sometimes,
if my day at the church had been particularly tiring, we'd stop at that store
before heading home. We'd giggle(咯咯笑)as we
left the store, the clerk's words echoing(回响)behind us.
"Would you like some shampoo with that soda?"