Monday, May 9, 2011

Everyday heroes

I was at Wegman's in DeWitt NY the other day for my weekly grocery pilgrimage. As I was walking across the parking lot on my way in, I passed two "cart wranglers". I only heard part of their conversation as I passed, but the gist was that they were both going to do something or go on break together, but the older gentleman was telling the young guy he had to do something first.

He said "..Ok.....but I have to go drop this in Lost and Found, first...."

I happened to look over and he was holding up a bank deposit envelope. Y'know, the cloth kind, with a lock on them? The ones that often hold a metric shit-ton of money?

...and he was turning it in to Lost & Found.

Wow.

Not only was it good PR for the store and whoever lost it must have been sweating bullets, but, it may have been a nice example for the younger guy... and it was a nice reminder for me that in this ever-increasingly self-centered world, there are still people out there who care.