What would
you do at your work if a lady came to you crying? What if this situation
happened at a drive through? What would be the result? Let’s take a look and
see….
The Whitey’s
Ice Cream shop in Moline, Illinois has its own butterfly effect. The manager
Rhonda, wanted to have a special ice cream shop. She taught every employee how
to serve and be serve everyone with kindness. Her message of kindness, she
passed down to Brenden. Brenden McGee was 16 when he landed his first job. He
wasn’t working there long when a lady sobbing drove up to the drive-thru
window. She was upset and could barely speak. Through communication, Brenden
understood the lady wanted a shake. Brenden personally made her the shake and
told the lady “Your shake is on me tonight. You have a good night.”
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| Brenden's back room note |
Brenden did
not think of the situation till a few days later when the lady returned to the
shop but this time, to speak to the manager, Rhonda. The lady told Rhonda that
she recently lost her husband and was still in mourning. When Brenden gave the
lady the shake, she was touched by his gesture.
The lady
asked if Brenden could be employ of the month but Whitney’s Ice Cream Shop does
not have an employee of the month. The management instead gave Brenden a card
and note in the back room.
Two months
later, Brenden heard the news that he had cancer. People from all over the
world gave money to Brenden through the GoFundMe and Facebook. For Brenden’s
kindness, he was also able to receive a four year scholarship to go to the University
of Iowa.
One company
taught a young man about kindness that reached out unto the entire nation. What
have you taught someone? What has someone learned from you?
 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32 |
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