Friday Chores
Yesterday, in preparation for Friday chores, I went to Home Depot.
I was looking for drywall anchors but couldn’t find them, so I asked an employee for help. His response? “I don’t know. Look on the app.”
I was startled by the rudeness. I even started downloading the app—but the store Wi-Fi crawled, so I ditched that and asked someone else. This second guy smiled, looked it up, and gave me the row and bay. Bam. Simple. Helpful. Exactly what you’d hope for in a place that exists to help people build and create with their hands.
Then came the second story. I bought a big heavy shelving unit and rolled it out on a dolly. Getting it into the bed of my truck? A battle. The weight. The wheels. Gravity working against me.
After a few failed attempts, I spotted a man walking toward me with a woman just ahead of him. I waited for the man, ready to ask him for a hand.
But before I could say a word, the woman bent down, grabbed the other end of the shelving unit, and together we lifted it into my truck. Done.
I was shocked. Delighted. Grateful.
I thanked her and she just waved me off and kept walking. No words. No permission. She saw a need, jumped in, and handled it.
That’s my kind of human.
—Jason
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