Recently, I encountered an unusual situation…I went to a local grocery store.  Parked near my car were two shopping carts so…on the way in, I thought it only made sense to bring those into the store.  As I began to bring the two carts in, there was another cart on the sidewalk near the store that I incorporated into the other two.

Now, for any of you who has ever brought multiple grocery carts into a store, you know they can become wieldy, wobbly and difficult to turn.  Given such was the case here, I happened to struggle bringing them back into the store.

Here’s where it gets interesting…I passed three store employees sitting on a picnic table enjoying their break…not one said a thing to me or offered to help me with the carts.

Then…near the store entrance, camped out was a group of 4 to 6 individuals, part of a well-known service organizatoin, asking me to purchase something from them.  (Not sure what it was given I was so focused and determined to “turn the corner”, more like a U-turn into the store, than what they wanted to sell me.

AND…yes, not one of them offered to assist me as well!

WELL…needless to say, I did not purchase any items from the service organization, much less even listen to their pitch!  AND…given the somewhat sour taste I had in my mouth for the store employees who did not offer any assistance either, I quickly purchased what I needed…nothing more, nothing less!

SO…what’s the point?  Yes, I was frustrated that no one reached out to me and if they had, I would have been apt to purchase more from the store and/or purchase/support the local service organization.

The REAL POINT?  It reminded me that I can be the same way…looking to sell or someone to buy from me versus truly helping them with what they need!