Niceness is Still Alive!!

Hey, guess what… Niceness is not lost!!! This morning we wanted a late breakfast and so I was off to Bojangles. It was raining cats and dogs, which was a blessing in itself. As I pulled into Bojangles, I immediately saw that the drive-thru was backed up. After pulling around the building to get in line, I noticed a girl with a huge umbrella standing at one of the cars talking. I thought to myself , “Why is she holding up the line talking in this pouring rain?”. Then I realized she was talking into an earpiece and taking orders. I’ve seen them do this before, but I thought it was especially nice today because the girl was getting close enough to the cars and placing the umbrella over the car windows to keep the customers dry as she took orders. The line was moving quite quickly, so when she started my order the line moved a bit ahead of us. There was at least a car space between us and the line. As she finished my order, another car pulled up and around us and got in front of me. She told her order taker to switch the orders because the car ahead of me had jumped line. My first reaction was that of extreme annoyance, but then I thought about my new year’s resolution which is to be more patient and kinder, so why not start now. So I dismissed my annoyance and proceeded to the window. The lady ahead of me that jumped line received her food, paid for it and then left. When I reached the window I handed the guy my money and he says, “Your food was already taken care of by the car ahead of you!”. I was so surprised I replied, “All of it?...It was a $13.00 order, are you sure?”, and he said “Yes, you must have done something nice”. I was so pleased that I said a quick prayer of thanks and asked God to bless her for her kindness. If that was one of those Pay-It-Forward deals, I had just broken it. I was so excited, I sped around the corner to see if I could stop her and thank her. She was quickly gone in her little grey Geo Prizm. So, Nice Bojangles Lady if you read this blog entry...Thanks and God Bless You!