Nice Town

I ran a few errands yesterday. First I needed special dog food from the vet. I planned on running in and out, but the doctor came out and offered to "just chat". We had a nice conversation and I was impressed he could remember my two dogs without even looking them up. They were missing some of the food and they called the supplier right there before I even left to give me an update. Nice!

Then I ventured to the hardware store to find a tiny screw to fix my sunglasses. The nice clerk pondered a solution and decided to point me to the optomitrist a few doors down. The doctor there took my sunglasses, said "let me see what I can do" and walked to the back. Within minutes he came back, sunglasses fixed, and he asked me to try them on. Perfect! I said "let me give you something" and he said "no charge, but you're welcome to donate to charity". Love it. 

Next was an unrelated stop at the charity shop. Our youngest daughter slowly grows out of her toys, so we try to donate them. The employee there was very helpful, she took the toys and offered a high tech way to keep in touch to see how much they're worth (tax purposes I think).

Finally I tried the dry cleaning shop at the office. Remember dry cleaning is absurdly expensive here. This shop is expensive too, but I guess it's nice that it's right in the building I visit anyway.

It's not like I visited one small town. I travelled to a few small towns. To me, I felt kindness, generosity and compassion in all of them.