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When leaving work on Saturday, I let a lady ahead of me in line at the cashier. She said thank you, and that she didn’t want to keep me from going home quicker, because I probably had a long day. I said it was fine, and that I’m sure she would do the same at some point. As she was leaving, a young man from the Cedar Hill Scouts was outside taking donations. I could not see how much she gave him, but I knew the good dead was passed along
Took the #22 bus downtown today from Wilkinson road, which I don’t normally do since I usually drive. My son was fascinated with the entire process, and asking tons of questions about how it worked. The bus driver was very friendly, he gave my son a “bus ticket” and answered all his questions. He said it was refreshing to tell others about his job and to be asked such in depth questions about something that had become routine for him. I was very impressed with his willingness to indulge my son and make the trip that much more special for him. It was interesting to see something that we take for granted from a totally new perspective.
Paying it forward:
A friend of mine in his last years as being a manager of a credit union recommended the hiring of someone he knew with relevant training. “Ben” was hired and has shown himself to be a very competent and caring employee. I was talking to a younger member, a rising star, in that organization and he hopes to move up to one of the positions that “Ben” had. He says that “Ben” is always available to assist him in his work. ‘He’s such a nice, patient, supportive guy.’
When purchasing something at the grocery store I asked the cashier for as much small change as he could give me and explained that it was for parking at school. It turned out that he had worked at UVIC and knew all about the adventure that is parking on campus. Trying to find a spot that is somewhat close to class and dealing with finicky ticket machines. The lady behind me in line also joined our conversation and was surprised that this could be such a struggle.
We collectively decided that taking the bus or biking would be the best solution, but that this could be difficult for some people. This led to a conversation about the possibility of Victoria getting a light rail system in the future and how this would greatly ease congestion and parking issues.
Just adding a small detail about what I needed change for caused this simple interaction to evolve into an interesting conversation about the future of our city.
This morning, a house across the street from me was being demolished. There was a group of 3 of my neighbours and so I walked on over there. I rent my house and don’t really know any of the people who live around me; it was a nice community building as I got to know the people on my street as a house was being torn down. We talked about the idea that the landowners wanted a new house and one them was somewhat glad. He has been trying to survey his land and property but didn’t want to pay the funds for the surveyors. The tearing down of the house means that he no longer has to do that. Community can be built from some strange things, even if that means the physical destruction of part of that community.
Yesterday on a neighbourhood walk I saw a municipal tree chipper about a block from our house. I asked one of the crew about having the mulch dumped near our house. They phoned to confirm later that day, and delivered 6 yards of oak wood chips/ mulch for free at 8 am today. I told my neighbour and they had me order a truck full for them.