Tuesday, December 8, 2009

NICE Testimonial: Nicest Customer Ever

I received a few messages from my Call for Testimonials, but I'd love some more if you have them. They always make me smile. Much like this one, which came from Krista of the blog Look Ma No Patterns!

I'm a waitress. One day I was serving an elderly customer. She was alone, and very old. Midway through her meal, a man in another section stopped me to tell me he wanted to pay for her lunch. He paid for it, and the woman was very pleased when I surprised her with the news after she was finished eating. The man came in a few weeks later, and I thought what he did was so nice, that I paid for his meal. :) My shift was over shortly after that so I went home for the day. About half an hour later, I got a phone call from a co-worker telling me that the man came back with a bouquet of flowers for me. We always loves when he comes in. He is very polite, respectful, and smiles at everybody which is something we servers need every once in a while. Every time he comes in, we always refer to him as "the nicest customer ever."

How wonderful is that? There's so much kindness in that one testimonial that I can barely take it! Nice customers are impossible to forget. I still remember a few that I had when I was a hostess for a few months back in 1999. Maybe we should all try to be one of those unforgettable customers.

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11 comments:

Cameron said...

How lovely!!

Lisa said...

What a wonderful story! I love how the kindness keeps spreading...

Jon said...

Awwww!!! That IS nice!

Monica said...

Amazing story. I love it. Thanks for sharing!

The Fifth Street Mama said...

Well this has inspired me to be a nice customer!

Operation Smiley Face said...

That story demonstrates one of my favorite things about kindness - it impacts the giver, receiver and OBSERVER of it. Great story. Thanks for sharing it.

krista said...

i'm so glad you posted this. it makes me happy every time i think about it. :)

-krista

summer said...

getting operation nice every day has been swell! i love this story. YAY for niceness!

Kristine, Dallas said...

Lovely story! Thank you for sharing.

Viewtiful_Justin said...

I used to work at a grocery store, and our "nicest customer ever" turned out to be a kleptomaniac that was stealing thosands of dollars worth of groceries every year.

Sami - Life, Laughs and Lemmings said...

Pay it forward in action. Gotta love that! I always make a point to be polite and kind to servers. It irritates me no end to see these workers treated poorly. Where would we be without servers?