So what turned me back into a whiner? A little too much cheerfulness... really - there is such thing as too much. I stopped at the grocery store nearest the car place - which I rarely go to unless they are having a KILLER sale on cereal. I had barely gotten to the front door when I was greeted... and then another nice employee greeted me as I was walking past the .88 cake mixes... and then before I'd made it through fresh produce I was greeted by two more employees...
Is there something on my face? why are all these people smiling at me? I did shower! isn't there a shelf somewhere you should be stocking?
I'm pretty sure that by the time I left that store I'd been greeted by every single Smith's employee... some twice... I mean there's nice and then there's stalking... I shouldn't have to turn to respond to yet another greeting whilst debating the merits of orange peeps instead of the traditional yellow... and when I was leaving with my bagged groceries the guy who greeted me at the beginning asked if he could help me to my car...
NO! For crying out loud people! I seriously am going to have a complex... I checked my fly, up. I checked my teeth, no spinach. Hair - ugh, but acceptable...
So yay to Smith's grocery store for having the friendliest staff in town... and yay for keeping them all on in this stressful economy because frankly - most of them are just wandering around the store harassing your customers :)
To counteract all of the vim and vinegar - I was given this loverly award...
...and I kid you not this award was given to me because of the great Attitude/Gratitude shown on my blog... umm... thanks Janet - and yes, it's too late to take it back now :)I'm officially supposed to give the award to 10 other folks that are showing great Attitude/Gratitude... I need to go ask around at Smith's and see if all of the employees are bloggers...
If you made it this far into my whiny post you have a great attitude and I have gratitude that you are still my friend - so this award is for you!!!!
(maybe the employee training manual hasn't quite distinguished between stocking and stalking?)
7 comments:
The girl at the grocery store the other day, said that she felt that the food/grocery industry was a recession proof job. HUMM..Maybe at smith's it is not as safe, or maybe the district managers were in town:)
oh T only u would have this experience. I think it is funny. but weird it was at a grocery store. I can see that at a department store.
Chris is actually Kristelle. I am on his laptop.
You are such a city girl. If you lived where we lived you would be used to all that friendliness from the grocery store to even the fast food chains. I always let them help me out with my cart. They like the fresh air and conversation.
I always enjoy Smith's when I am in Utah. We don't have it in Cali--natch!
Tonya, you are so funny! They just wanted you to buy a years supply of cake mix, girl! Honestly, do they really love their job that much?! I bet they're spiking their Utah fruit punch over there. lol
so funny!
congrats on the award...
:oP
ps: I tagged you today on my post-
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