“Get Ready for those Happy Holiday Shipments”

Oct 15th “Get Ready for those Happy Holiday Shipments”

Today’s Good Word – Encourage

One… never knows where one will be to offer “Hope and Encouragement” and also be able to build up confidence in another human being.

If you are a “Watcher” of people – study the behavior of one another?

You would almost start to believe that we were “Aliens.”

If you take note of our general actions… bet, that you would agree … that our general approach is hostile!

This is something, that took place just the other evening, at the FedEx Store, I was there to ship a package, and the lady next to me, ask the attendant, if there was a “cheaper price” for her, in the shipping of this “Box of Goodies” for “Halloween” to her daughter and all of her college dorm friends?

Whenever, I am in a close earshot of hearing… something about some kind of discount request – I just love to put in my two-cents worth… in the pot?

So, I just said, asking… in a very nice and friendly way, if they would like for me to add something… to this conversation on discounts… since, I am so much older and have also… been around the block … as you hear that movie star on “TV” always say…

If you can… remember back to the old “Famous-Barr” stores, giving double stamps on Tuesday – as some kind of a discount, always helps the customer to buy just a little more?

I continued with my telling , that when my son was in the Navy, and for a Christmas treat… for him and all those that were serving aboard the “Ranger” … whoever he wanted to share with – I would have Famous-Barr send a case of “Fortune Cookie” boxes and a case of some other sweets, to enjoy!

With this store discount and no tax since this shipment went to the service men and women aboard the USS Ranger, I was able to ship even more often.

We struck up such a good conversation about doing more shipping to help build up the morale amongst our kids and those they were associated with, it seemed as if we were family.

Our conversation was enjoyed by some others, also waiting in lines, and we were not unhappy while waiting in a long line…

It does take quite some time for the shipping arrangements to be made… when you are making shipments just before the HOLIDAYS… and as long as we were in lines with our packages… it was good for us customers in line waiting for our turn for our packages to be accepted for shipment and to be sent!

So it did seem to me… that all of us customers… getting to talking about the shipping and our adding some very good ideas for others to use in the future… came across as some very helpful information… and you could see in their faces… that all of us were now happy – not gloomy looking – so… at least everybody’s wait was inspired with shipping ideas some others had in the past… and would be of much more help in their future shipments to so many others.

When the other lady was leaving, we ended our conversation – just like real family, that we will be seeing again?