Rushing
Through The Check Out Lane
Can we all
please SLOW DOWN?
Do you often feel rushed in the checkout lanes of retail stores? I do -
especially at Safeway and Costco. There's never enough time to write down the
amount of my purchase, collect my receipt, put my wallet and ATM card away and
leave. I often forget, misplace or lose things when I'm rushed, and I get very
irritable and crabby.
At the end of the month when my checkbook won't balance, it's because I
haven't written down all my expenditures.
In the 1950's my father ran a general merchandise store, Elmer A. Laurent
& Sons. He carried on conversations with each customer. They talked about
politics, the weather and local gossip. There are still a few stores like my
father's. The clerks at my local Ace Hardware Store are not in a hurry. They
take time to show me around and answer any and all questions. That's
refreshing.
The human connection is missing in so many instances in our fast-paced
world.
Let's all slow down and look someone in the eye for a change and see how that
affects our day. See what impact your slowing down might have on others.
What might we be missing as we rush through our days?
"If you realized that the nurtured spiritual part of yourself would accompany
you on your eternal journey and that everything that you have labored so hard to
accumulate would vanish the instant you depart this world, would it alter your
daily agenda?" - Walter Cooper
Clean, Clear,
Complete, Delete