Do you remember your first job? I do. When working the late night shift at the local grocery store, I couldn’t have asked for a worse boss. He didn’t care about my exams or my homework, and didn’t care about my future after high school. What I could have used was a boss interested in helping me become the person I wanted to be. I needed a boss who knew I wouldn’t work there forever, and that studying with no customers around was more beneficial than scrubbing the counters again.
A boss just like this one.
Nabiha Islam once worked at a Dairy Queen in Markham, Ontario, under owner Yvonne Lavasidis. She’s since left to become a doctor. In a true act of kindness, she recently wrote a thank you letter for the support she received while working for her former boss.
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Yvonne, who received the letter last Monday, said that she was moved by Islam’s words.
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(via Huffington Post)
Lavasidis also said, “I remember her as a very intelligent and hardworking individual. She was wonderful with our customers and a joy to work with… [and] her success is very well-deserved.”
I only wish that I felt the same way about my former boss. Either way, this shows you that for every success you have, there’s likely someone in the background lending a helping hand. Taking the time then to thank them can mean the world to them, and it costs you nothing.
Are you ready to send a letter now?
