treevet
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i keep my pile at the shop where i work, its easy advertisement and i can sell it at will. well a repeat customer of ours, older gentleman in his mid 70's by now lives about 6 or 7 miles away from us. He lives on a large property of 20+ acres along with his sister, nephew, niece and their 2 children. The problem with his situation is with his age, he's got alot of miles on his body, he's also got a congestive heart (i think is the term), not to mention he's had bypass surgery twice in his lifetime... he is the only one in that household expected to cut, haul, split (BY HAND!), and stack the wood for the stove in the house! He's a very nice guy but the family takes so much advantage of him its not even funny, the wood heat doesnt even go up to his room! he has to sleep in a recliner chair near the fireplace to stay warm, the whole situation saddens me. Anyways, i told him this year if he ever needed any wood to let me know, he's always been there for my grandparents (who own the business) and would do anything to help them. Well one day out of the blew when my pile was getting low he asked if i still had any and so i replied "sure, i only got about one more truckload left but i got it! who do you know needs any?" and he kinda looked a little down and said "well, im almost out of wood and i cant really get to the woods to cut anymore." as soon as he said that i told him "dont worry about it, back your truck up over to it and we'll fix that situation" and so i loaded him up. he was happy as can be and tried to pay me but for someone who's done so much for so long for my family, i couldnt take anything. it was worth one load of wood just to know he was gonna be alright and not freezing for a good while this winter. I have many other good customers that make my day when buying, but to help that old man out just made me feel good about that whole day.
that story is worth a million bucks to just listen to. nice job.