Unfiltered Story #180728

I work in the bakery of a grocery store. One of the things we do is hand out free cookies to kids to make the shopping trip a little more bearable. A woman comes up with two little girls, the younger of whom is in a shopping cart.

Me: Would you like a cookie?

Older Girl: Yes, please

Younger Girl: *unintelligible* and what’s your name?

Me: My name’s (my name) but I didn’t quite catch the first thing you said.

Mom: “Can I be your friend”

Me: Oh. Sure. I can be your friend.

Younger Girl: Can I see the back of your head?

Me: Um… Ok. *turns around*

Younger Girl: *unintelligible*

Mom: She wanted to see your hair net. She thought it was a donut.

Me: *laughs* oh, you wanted to see my hair-net! It keeps my hair out of my face and the cookies and stuff.

Mom and Girls: Thank you.

Me: Have a nice day!

I had been having a really bad day, but that girl put a smile on my face, even if it was just for a few minutes. Easily the best part of my job.