When my daughter was a preteen, one
of her favorite movies was Big Business,
a feel-good comedy with a plot that revolves around mistaken identities. In one
of the scenes, small-town resident Rose walks through the office of a big, New York
company where the employees mistake her for a major shareholder. All the workers greet her profusely, inquiring as to her health and asking about her family. To the suspicious Rose, they seem way too interested in and know way
too much about her. She responds to their friendly overtures with “I’m fine...fine. Wearing
my Tuesday panties, too...but I guess you already know that.”
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| (No, these aren't mine. I'd feel a little weird posting a picture of my own underwear.) |
You’re probably wondering where all
this is going, so I’ll get to the point. Whenever I go to my favorite
grocery store--Crest Foods in Edmond--that movie scene comes to my mind. Crest Foods is a “Tuesday-panties”
kind of place. No, I don’t suspect ulterior motives or think they have inside information on my underwear. But every time I go there, they make me feel important. From the shopping cart handler to the sacker, no fewer than five
people greet me with a smile and a good word--like they're really glad I came.
Grocery shopping is not a chore I
enjoy. But the employees at Crest make the task much more pleasant. In fact,
they make it worth my while to drive two extra miles to shop
there.
Maybe their enthusiasm is just a
result of excellent training, but I don’t care. It works. Even if they’re not
really all that excited to see me, they at least make me think they are. And
that’s what matters, right?
My experience with Crest convinced me to start incorporating a little more Tuesday-panties
attitude in my life. Nothing major, just making more of an effort to notice people I casually interact with--asking a sales clerk how her day is going, telling a waitress I appreciate her attentiveness, complimenting a receptionist on her smile.
As the holiday season hits full tilt
in the coming weeks and people become busier and more stressed, maybe a Tuesday-panties mind-set would be a good thing for all of us to foster. And
you don't have to limit it to Tuesdays!
I would really, really like to
know some of your favorite Tuesday-panties places (or people). Please share
them either in the comments below or on Facebook.
