Stop and smell the carnations
We recently visited a new, trendy grocery store that originated across the pond. They specialize in ready-made meals and easy, quick shopping and we stopped by drawn by the allure of tasty, easy meals.
I had Swee’Pea in an umbrella stroller while Mommy pushed TheMonk in the grocery cart. As we meandered through the aisles, Swee’Pea and I backtracked to the front of the store where we had seen the floral bouquets for sale. Swee’Pea strained to smell the flowers and I finally let her out of the stroller so she could smell to her little heart’s content.
It wasn’t busy and the two female checkout clerks that were positioned at the front of the store kept ooohing and aahing every time they watched little Swee’Pea bend over a bouquet and inhale deeply.
Finally, one of the clerks couldn’t stand the cuteness anymore. She approached us and asked Swee’Pea which bouquet of flowers was her favorite. Swee’Pea shyly pointed to the pink carnations and, before we knew it, the lady was handing them to her and saying, “These are for you because you are such a cutie.”
Swee’Pea shyly whispered a thank you and I thanked the clerk earnestly for her kind gesture.
Soon enough we were finished shopping and we made our way to the car. Swee’Pea clutched her flowers tightly to her chest with her little fingers the entire way home.
Sometimes it pays to stop and smell the roses.
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Wow. I’m going to take my kids to the car showroom and get them to start sniffing sports cars.
Comment by Dan — January 4, 2008 @ 2:39 am
That is just precious..
Comment by mp — January 4, 2008 @ 6:09 am
Good choice, Swee’Pea! Pink Carnations are my favorite too! They smell good and they usually last longer than other flowers and I think they are pretty too.
Wish I could have seen that.
Comment by Julie — January 4, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Oh that is too cute
Comment by Tiffany — January 4, 2008 @ 9:59 am
What a sweet post! That is customer service at its best. We have one of those same types of stores near us too and I love to go over there just for the atmosphere, although I rarely buy since they’re prices are so high.
Comment by Rain — January 4, 2008 @ 11:54 am
Awww….that is too adorable!
Comment by Grace — January 4, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
Sweet!
Dan’s idea sounds pretty good – let us know if that works out!
Comment by Deanna — January 4, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
Too cute. Good for that clerk, passing out joy to a small child. Hope your daughter always takes time to stop and smell the proverbial roses.
Comment by Redneck Mommy — January 5, 2008 @ 10:32 am
I recall volunteering to pick up the trophies for your team’s end of soccer season pizza party. While at the trophy shop another member of the family came away with a trophy for being so cute.
Comment by Grandmother — January 7, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Cool. Kids can get you free stuff?
Comment by DadStuff — January 8, 2008 @ 7:52 pm