Dave p

I walked up to the store expecting a quick in-and-out—grab two things and be gone in five minutes. Instead, I saw a handwritten sign on the door saying they’d be closed from 11 to 12 so the staff could attend a coworker’s funeral. And honestly, it stopped me in my tracks. In a world where people are often expected to just keep working no matter what, seeing a store pause everything for an hour to honor someone they lost felt rare. Just one hour—but it said more than any “we care about our team” slogan ever could. It didn’t frustrate me—it made me respect them more. Some things matter more than convenience, more than schedules, more than getting errands done on time. For that one hour, they made it clear that a person mattered more than business. I showed up for something small and left thinking this might be one of the few places that still remembers employees are human first.