Personal Narrative: My First Make A Difference Act
Make 8 Difference Journal
9/8/2014
My first Make a Difference act took place in the computer lab at the GTCC campus today. I was in the computer lab finishing up a paper for my Psychology class. I had a gentleman sitting beside me and he looked like he was about to scream trying to complete a resume. I printed my paper and moved to him. I assisted him with the resume for over an hour. He was not yet enrolled in classes he was trying to get through a work study program and he was required to have a resume in order for him to get financial assistance. When we were done he gave me a hug and offered to take me for a coffee since he didn’t have much money to offer to me. I told him I did it to make a difference and help someone that needed it. …show more content…
It made me feel so great the rest of the day because I helped someone with something that just might change his future for the better, and more so for the fact that he was so grateful!
9/13/2014
My second act took place at my job. Walmart. I am a front end manager over all of the cashiers, customer service, and the money center. When a customer does not get their groceries for whatever reason maybe their card was declined or they were ill from waiting too long etc., I have to go to the register and abort the transaction for the next customer to come and the register not come up short. Anyways today, I was called over to the register and there was a mother with a 2 and a 4 year old that was single trying to buy a small amount of groceries but the bank declined the transaction for her check. The total bill was almost $80.00. It bothered me because my mom was single until I was 13 and I knew she was doing what my mom had to do many times, write a bad check. I told to cashier to clear it out and I totaled the transaction and paid it. The mother was almost in tears thanking me and I told her sometimes people just
9/8/2014
My first Make a Difference act took place in the computer lab at the GTCC campus today. I was in the computer lab finishing up a paper for my Psychology class. I had a gentleman sitting beside me and he looked like he was about to scream trying to complete a resume. I printed my paper and moved to him. I assisted him with the resume for over an hour. He was not yet enrolled in classes he was trying to get through a work study program and he was required to have a resume in order for him to get financial assistance. When we were done he gave me a hug and offered to take me for a coffee since he didn’t have much money to offer to me. I told him I did it to make a difference and help someone that needed it. …show more content…
It made me feel so great the rest of the day because I helped someone with something that just might change his future for the better, and more so for the fact that he was so grateful!
9/13/2014
My second act took place at my job. Walmart. I am a front end manager over all of the cashiers, customer service, and the money center. When a customer does not get their groceries for whatever reason maybe their card was declined or they were ill from waiting too long etc., I have to go to the register and abort the transaction for the next customer to come and the register not come up short. Anyways today, I was called over to the register and there was a mother with a 2 and a 4 year old that was single trying to buy a small amount of groceries but the bank declined the transaction for her check. The total bill was almost $80.00. It bothered me because my mom was single until I was 13 and I knew she was doing what my mom had to do many times, write a bad check. I told to cashier to clear it out and I totaled the transaction and paid it. The mother was almost in tears thanking me and I told her sometimes people just