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Blogtember Day 3

Thursday, September 5: Pass on some useful advice or information you learned and always remembered.

Be nice to people. You never know if you're the only positive interaction they will have that day. 

Being southern, I guess you could say I have the gift of hospitality. I often strike up conversations with cashiers, waiters, an workers in the places I shop. It's like I can't stand to not talk to people. I like to ask how people are when they are scanning my items and one exchange still sticks with me.
  
I was at Target and I simply asked the girl cashier, "Hello! How are you doing today?" Her response was, "I'm good. That was the nicest thing anyone has said to me the whole day."  I honestly couldn't believe that throughout the course of the entire day (because it was at least 6:00 p.m. when I went) not a single person was the least bit friendly.  Maybe it's an Indiana thing where people aren't as friendly, but that's just not how I operate. Especially since then, I make a point to always be cheerful and caring towards people in service jobs in particular.  Ya'll, you just never know how much a small gesture of kindness can affect someone! 

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