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A cashier at Home Depot asked if I was okay and it threw me off completely
I was grabbing supplies for a unit turnover last Saturday morning, just running on autopilot with a cart full of paint and caulk. This older lady at the register, maybe 60, looks me right in the eye and says "you look like you're carrying more than that cart, honey." I barely even knew her but I almost teared up right there. It made me realize how rarely anyone actually asks that and means it, you know? Has anyone else had a random stranger just hit you with that kind of question out of nowhere and it stuck with you for days?
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the_thea5d ago
My dentist's hygienist once said "you seem sad today" and I still think about it five years later.
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fiona_west215d ago
That lady saw right through you. What exactly were you feeling in that moment before she said anything? Like were you actually stressed about something specific, or just in that normal fog of getting through the day? Because I think there's a big difference between someone catching you in a real low point versus just noticing you look tired. Either way it's wild how one person saying one thing can undo weeks of pretending everything's fine. Did you end up telling her anything real or just brush it off?
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