The last two months or so I've been helping one of my co-workers learn their new Droid phone. Until now the only phone they've had has been one of those crappy pay-as-you-go phones. I was nominated for the job because mostly 1) I have a Droid 2) I'm nice enough to do it 3) Because I'm not married or have kids I really didn't have a choice.
(Side note: No seriously. My co-worker flat out told me because I'm not married or have kids she knows I "have no one to answer to" so it's no big deal to take up a few hours of one of my days off. Which, let's be honest. It's not a big deal. I have nothing going on. I like playing around with electronics. I like hanging out with people, even if they're 30+ years older than me. But, meh. I digress)
So I've been helping my co-worker out. My colleague has a 9 year old granddaughter that I've had the pleasure of spending time with as well during these "teaching lessons". This little girl is a real life honest to goodness living version of Ramona Quimby. She looks like her, she's over excited like Ramona, she IS Ramona. I bet she'd even wear fireman pj's under her clothes to school.
As my "payment" for these training lessons they've fed me every time I've gone over there and kept me in a supply of Pepsi (which, lets be honest. All I need. You keep me in Pepsi, perhaps give me a straw and I'm good to go.)
Until they surprised me by telling me they decided to buy me a year pass parking included ticket to Universal Studios in Orlando.
The 9 year old in me started screaming at full volume.
Now, I am not going to turn down a gift. However this particular give was very, very expensive. I won't even normally let my family spend that much money on me. But as I was helping my co-worker, her husband and her granddaughter with pretty much anything they asked, they insisted. I asked them several times to reconsider. But they wouldn't budge. Plus, I really wanted to go to Universal.
I went to Universal Studios for the first time Labor Day weekend. It was a very long day. We spent just about 9 hours walking around both parks within Universal Studios. And while I'm usually pretty much down for anything, I am not used to walking or being on my feet that long. But it was the most fun I've had in a long time.
The best part is? While I've been taking my day off, using my gas, to help my coworker with something most people would find ridiculously easy, a lot of my friends and even family have been telling me not to do it. That I was too nice to be doing this. And honestly, sometimes driving 45 minutes on my day off was the last thing I wanted to do. But I knew that it made my coworker and her family feel good. When I got my co-worker's husband loaded with music from his iTunes account he walked around smiling for three days, not talking to anyone. Just rocking out.
That makes me happy. I would've done this all just for them continuing to ask me to, supplying me with Pepsi while I visited.
So, I had naysayers. Trying to talk me out of it. Now these people are pouting that I not only got to go to Universal, but now I can go to Universal whenever I want.
Again- I want to make it abundantly clear- I would've done this for ABSOLUTELY FREE. Just because I like helping people.
Sometimes, being too nice to say no pays off.
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