Shoutout to the day I almost quit and then didn't

Last Tuesday I was ready to walk out of my retail gig over a $0.50 an hour raise dispute. Then a regular customer named Mark handed me a handwritten note saying my help last week saved him from a big mistake. Changed my mind about the whole place, at least for now. Anyone else had a customer pull you back from quitting?

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richardk2623h ago

Yo that's crazy. Same thing happened to me at my old warehouse job. Was literally clocking out for lunch and planning to not come back. Then this old guy came up and said I was the only one who actually listened to him. Made me stay another 6 months.

seandavis18h ago

Three handwritten notes in my five years doing this, and every single one came right when I was two seconds from walking out. @richardk26 that warehouse old guy knew what was up, customers like that are basically angels with bad spending habits. First note was after a Karen screamed at me for twenty minutes straight, and some quiet guy just slid me a napkin that said "you're doing fine kid." Made me feel like a total tool for even thinking about quitting. Now I keep them all in my locker next to my emergency snacks.