Just came from my daily visit to GIANT/MARTINS GROCERY STORE.
I visited the PANDA food court stand. I ordered my usual SPRING ROLLS! I like practicing my knowledge of basic greetings on the various backgrounds of the employees! Today, I said THANK YOU in Chinese, to my gracious server. She responded: I am Japanese! I said: DOMO ARIGATO! She smiled and said: ARIGATO! I told her I pulled THAT ONE out of my head from the song: Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto!
Music has a way of helping us to retain information!
I then saw a beautiful, mid-life age, Mid-Eastern woman shopping in the produce department. She was wearing a beautiful, pink, shimmery fabric top with a beautiful head scarf to match. I smiled and told her outfit was beautiful. I could tell she did not understand me; so I got creative. I indicated with my hand to my head and my own top and said: BEAUTIFUL! She then smiled and said: THANK YOU!
I went into an aisle to get cranberry juice. There was a senior gentleman standing directly in front of where I needed to get the product. As I approached, I kindly alerted him: I’m going to be reaching behind you to get some juice. I just wanted to let you know I wasn’t MAKING ANY MOVES ON YOU! He stepped forward, laughed and said: SHUCKS! I laughed and said: I knew you were going to say that!
At the checkout station, I put my clown nose on for the cashier who knows me. She laughed. A young woman I know, who used to work at a restaurant I frequented, stopped to ask how I was doing. I gave her one of my *SMILE! YOU’RE GREAT! mini mirro on a popsicle stick giveaways. She had fun trying to find her smile in the little mirror.
On my way out the door, I saw a senior woman being let out of her daughter’s vehicle, at the cross walk stop sign. I was wearing my BRIGHT YELLOW, FLASH A SMILE t-shirt. I said, as the woman was getting ready to cross into the store. HERE! I’LL BE YOUR CROSSING GUARD! I HAVE A FACE THAT STOPS TRAFFIC! The senior woman laughed and said: OH NO YOU DON’T! I get a kick out of doing that.
A FUN TIME WAS HAD BY ALL! THANK YOU! IN ALL YOUR LANGUAGES – FOR READING MY BLOG!
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