This isn't nearly as touching as some of these stories, but I want to share anyway.
I went into Hardee's one day and the girl waiting on me was new. She was slow, had to ask a lot of questions of her co-workers, etc, and kept apologizing to me. I told her several times not to worry about it....that we all had to learn new things all the time. I was very patient with her and kept telling her it was ok.
Several months later, I was at Hardee's again and was waited on by another new person (I assumed). I guess I wasn't in such a generous mood that day and was getting visibly irritated at the young person waiting on me.
Out of the sidelines came a young lady that touched my arm and said...."you were so nice to me when I first started. Don't get upset, she's new too."
It made me feel good that the way I treated her was appreciated by her, but it also knocked me down a peg that I was so visibly irritated and impatient.
Carol B