Nanny's Ninty
I had just gotten off work at the airport. I was still in my Royal Canadian Air Force "fatigues". A lady and I started talking about a deal on chicken at the local grocery store and she mentioned that she...
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Mail Carrier
Whenever I bake cookies/ breads or cakes, I save a piece and put in the mailbox for the mail carrier. They love it. One carrier said he was pleasantly surprised with treats all the time from me and it was...
Food Service workers at schools
Every year our teachers get inundated with presents throughout the year. One year I purchased the food service worker a box of chocolates for Christmas. (along with giving my daughter's teacher a gift) She was so delighted! Made her day!
Saying Thank You to our Military Personnel
It's just a little something that we could all do....I work at one of the busiest airports in the country. Every day I see military personnel in the airport. At first I would just stop them and shake their hands...
Free Food for a Firefighter
I was working in the kitchen at my restaurant job in the early afternoon. All the other cooks had gone home and I was working alone and preparing the kitchen for the night shift during our slow hours. A young...
It wasn't necessary
A group of friends and I were on a trip in D.C. and heard there were good restaurants in Baltimore's inner harbor and since it was only an hours train ride away we went. We decided to go to a...
Flowers
I contacted my local florist and grocers. (Albertson's, Safeway and Market of Choice) They throw out flowers daily and will be giving them to me. (they can't sell flowers that are half open!) I then go to local nursing and...
cut backs lay offs
Seasonal lay offs often cause hardships for workers. It causes our supervisor grief. I often have the choice of a day off. So rather then take a day off I volunteer to come in and work for free. Of course...
Dog food for homeless
I get a lot of free dog food samples. My dogs can't mix their dog food with different brands or they get an upset stomach. So I threw the little bag samples in the car. Whenever I see a homeless...
He didnt have to change it.
Last summer, I worked a part-time landscaping job. It was in the middle of a heat wave, with triple digit temperatures every day, and when I got off work, I was always grubby, stinky, and sweaty. To top it off,...