Grocery Store Owner Recognizes Old Lady Who Cleans Floors and Immediately Takes Her Mop Away — Story of the Day
An older woman who worked as a cleaner in a grocery store to support herself was taken aback when the store owner approached her and took her mop away, revealing a bittersweet story from his past.
For 73-year-old Agnes Wilson, it had been any regular day at the Hanks General Grocery in Sunnyvale, California, when a thumping sound distracted her from cleaning. She hurried over to the milk aisle, where she suspected the noise was coming from, only to discover a customer arguing with a shop assistant.
“You fat goat! Didn’t you notice that there was someone shopping here?” the enraged customer screamed at Frank, the shop clerk, who was a short and pudgy man. This morning, he was moving a milk carton trolley to replenish the shelves when a carton dropped on the man, splashing milk on him.
Agnes worked at Hanks General Grocery | Photo: Shutterstock
“I’m sorry, sir,” Frank instantly apologized, taking up the carton in his hands, but the man’s rage knew no bounds.
“Where is your boss? Call him right now! I won’t let a scumbag like you linger here!”
“Please, sir,” Frank pleaded. “I’ll make it up to you. I request you not to complain. I’m a single father of three children, and this job is the only way I can support them.”
“Then you should bloody know how to do your job properly! Has all that fat gone to your eyes that you couldn’t see me, uh?!”
“Well, sir…” Frank had just started speaking when his tears choked him. He couldn’t utter a word further and just stood there, silent. Meanwhile, all the shoppers had come to a halt to see what was going on. Some of them who felt terrible for Frank wanted to help him, but after seeing the angry customer, they decided it was best not to meddle in someone else’s affairs.
“Now, why aren’t you talking?” the man spoke up. “Do you think I’ll let you off the hook if you just stand here like this?”
The customer was rude to Frank | Photo: Unsplash
Seeing Frank being tormented to death by the man’s words, Agnes decided to intervene. “Oh, I assume there’s some misunderstanding here,” she remarked, approaching them with a cloth. “It’s not Frank’s fault at all, sir. I must have not carefully mopped the floor, which is why the trolley’s wheels simply slipped on the damp floor, and the carton fell on you. My apologies.”
“Wow! This place is insane! First,...