My co-worker was telling me today that he sometimes goes out to the street, sits with a homeless man near his house, and plays his guitar, leaving a coffee can in front of him. After a few hours, he gives any tips he got from passers-by to the homeless man. I was really moved when he told me that, it's SUCH a nice thing for him to do.

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I remember once when I was having a really rotten day at work, a lady came in with her little girl to look at guinea pigs. The little girl was SO excited about one of them, and she informed me that she had been reading about guinea pigs and had been working really hard to save money for a guinea pig!

She really did know her piggy care! I talked to her and her mother for awhile, and found out that they were extremely low-income and really probably couldn't afford the pig right then. The little girl had saved enough to but the _pig_, but not much else, and certainly not a cage.

I walked away while the mom was talking to the girl about the expense of setting up an animal, and bought them a big piggie cage. While I was at the register, I got permission from my manager to give them $10 off the price of the pig. The mother was SO happy, and the look on the little girl's face was absolutely priceless.

It's just so nice when someone comes in who is genuinely interested in the well-being of the animal, and has done their research. They really brightened my day, and I hope I made theirs! ^_^ (See...SEE?! I don't hate kids all the time!! )