Returning to work in 2017 after a two week holiday brought many dramatic stories which were shared amongst friends and colleagues. Some of these stories occurred while families were holidaying in Mexico and Cuba. Indeed, laughter brought us together during the frigid January weather.
Manitobans experienced some of the coldest windchill days during the week of January 9-13th and having some hilarious travel stories dramatized to us took our minds away from the icy outdoor temperatures.
However, on January 11th at 4:40pm I left the school parking lot and I discovered a folded note on the windshield of my my new VW Golf. The note from the irate person was typed and stated, “You have been taking up too much space on my side not once, not twice but for three years and as a rule of thumb park your car in the middle of your assigned number.” Really, on the coldest meanest day of the year and this individual took the time to type out his note. I laughed and said to myself, “let it go!”
On the flip side of this story while driving to work on Friday with a wind chill of -39 I heard Chrissy Troy announce that Ace Burpee and LTI travelled from Pembina Highway out to North Main at 7:00am to offer their generosity to a woman who needed her car boosted. Her daughter needed to arrive to school on time. This was a remarkable idea and I know they made many more motorists happy on Friday the 13th.
Our world needs more people to take courage to speak up when something is not quite right and discover ways to value and consider each other’s ideas and actions.
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