Service with a Smile

Nu Skin is such a great company and they do a lot to help those in need. Every Wednesday Nu Skin employees volunteer their time to serve lunch at the local food and care coalition. I got the chance to go yesterday and it was a very interesting experience.

I purposely put on a nicer "casual day" outfit in the morning because I had to do a presentation during an afternoon meeting. So I walk in and the first thing the guy running the show says to me is "nice True Religion jeans". UGH! I felt like a snob and honestly I wasn't thinking about it when I got dressed in the morning. Then when I went out to set up tables a lady said something to me about my beautiful jewelry - again I felt bad about not just wearing jeans a t-shirt and my hair in a pony tail. Of course that's not how I dress when I go to work so it wasn't really something I thought of. Rather than serve the food I chose to stay in the kitchen and do prep, making the trays and clean up. Can you believe how big the pot of sloppy joe meat is? (yes, I sang the Adam Sandler sloppy joe song in my head the entire time)

During the meal someone I know came in for lunch and I thought about how glad I was in the kitchen so she wouldn't have to see me. For some reason rather than go out there to say hello (not that we are great friends...she was actually rather offensive to me on a few different occasions but that doesn't matter) I thought she would rather not have someone know she was here having a meal. I guess I felt this way because if it was me I would be embarrassed and wouldn't want someone to see me but that doesn't mean that I shouldn't show my friendship to her. I feel bad that I didn't make an effort to say something. I suck in situations like that!

I was really impressed with how well everything was run. They give everyone a great meal - the same thing for everyone. They make a huge effort not to have anything wasted and the people who worked there showed so much love for those in need. It was a great experience and I'm glad I had the chance to give a little of my time to those around me in need.