Kids at Wal-Mart

The part I most enjoy about working at Wal-Mart is seeing the kids who come in with their parents ... well, the ones that behave! Like...the cute little girl I saw leaving with her mom one day as I was working at the door as a greeter. I smiled and waved at her, and she blew me a kiss. What a cutie!

One night, I was working at the monitor for the self-checkouts, and a precocious boy of about 6 or 7 came up and asked me where the water fountain was. I pointed it out to him, and he told his mom (who was using the self-checkout right in front of me) that he was going to go get a drink of water. I watched him reach the water fountain by running, skipping, jumping ... every means other than walking. When he came back, he stood right beside me and asked me at least a hundred questions which I tried to answer. When it came time for him to go, he kept standing there looking at me; and I looked at his mom for a clue as to what he wanted. She said, "He wants to give you a hug. Is that okay?" Of course it was okay, and I got a big bear hug. That made my night!

I love it when kids come through the line with their own money! Little kids who don't know what's going on to older kids who have earned their money or received it as gifts. It's great to see them learning by doing.

Then, there was the cute little couple who confessed to me that it was only their 2nd time to go grocery shopping together. They were newly married and looked so young! It was obvious they were nervous, and they even asked if I thought they had done a good job. How sweet! I'm sure they'll get the hang of it very soon.