Why I do the things I do , career edition.

[DaddysMonkey]

Hey guys 👋🏼

As most of you know by now - I work at a financial institution. I work VERY closely with people about their personal finances and that can be a very sensitive thing for majority of people. Especially with deaths in the family , people being low income ect. My job can be mentally exhausting and draining. 
 

No matter how hard this career can be - it’s my favorite line of work I’ve ever been in and I think I want this to be a lifelong career. I absolutely LOVE helping others , especially my tight nit community small town. I’m very blessed to work in the town that I live in. Naturally - this means a lot of clients know me from inside work and outside work (community events and me just being a goober talking to people when I’m out and about.) 

I love spreading positive energy and being there for people through hard times , and what happens more than I realize is how much I help people without even knowing it until later - if at all. 
 

A client came in during a huge rush , everyone was busy and there was a line out the door. The gentleman sat down and let everyone else go in front of him and I was curious why he would do that. After him waiting almost 20-30 minutes - the building was clear (about 5 people walked in after him and formed a new line , and he did this in front of everyone in the building now.) and he came up to my desk. 
 

I was ready to start handling cash for him and he goes “Hey , slow down a second. I want your attention.” 
 

I was shocked and I was like I’m so sorry ! It’s really busy so I’m just geared up and ready to go , so you have something going on that you’d need to sit in a private cubicle for ? He shook his head and told me no , he just wanted to make sure I was paying attention. 
 

He pulled out three pieces of paper and kept them in his hands , and while it might not be word for word because I got so emotional … he said : 

“You have no idea how much you mean to me , and to this community. Our small town bank needed someone like you to finally show up - the envelope you gave me my cash in the last time you helped me said “spread joy and stay positive”. My son died 15 years ago on that day you helped me and gave me that envelope and that was my son’s motto. That day was very emotional and difficult for me and I was so curt with you that day , and you did nothing but treat me with love. My son only ever wanted to spread joy and positivity to others and he worked with the church helping the community doing exactly that. I cried and cried and remembered my son’s life motto through you. I brought you this picture , this saying my son and I used to say to people , and a picture of my deceased son. I hope you know how special you are and you are living proof that my son is still here with me everyday and so is his message he spread everywhere. Thank you for being the little angel you are.” 
 

I cried , he cried , he told my co workers and managers how special I am , then I continued to sob like a fucking baby. 
 

Even when my home life , work life is hard , the mental stress and exhaustion is too much … I still always choose to treat people with love , gentleness and the kindness I wish I would’ve been treated with my whole life. It’s not always easy , but moments of tenderness and pure love like I had with this gentleman … it just makes me want to be that much more kind and pure and spread my love as far as my arms can reach. 

Sure , I make business deals , I make over 1mm$ deals , I touch hundreds of thousands of dollars every day in my career. None of it matters. Moments like this with my clients is what truly matters to me. 

Always remember , being kind is worth it. You may never see the results - or you may see them a day later or weeks later. It’s always worth it. 
 

These are the pictures he left and quote / excuse me while I go cry some more over my lunch. 

Edited yesterday at 08:27 PM by DaddysMonkey

[-Soul-]

This, I fucking love this! You’re awesome at your job monkey, sure some days are stressful but this is the reward, these people love you for being you and helping! Keep it up  

[beanbean]

That’s amazing and not surprising at all your amazing and a big part of your community 

[MissAnna]

I'm so proud of you, you light shines just as beautiful as you are

 

[MissNMTX]

I'm not crying. You're crying. Seriously this is the best story. I have such empathy for the gentleman, as grief is such a permanent emotion. I'm so happy for you to receive such affirmation. 

We live  in such a world of darkness, and cruelty, harshness and a lack of kindness and compassion. So much self absorbed self involvement. I'm proud of you and anyone who does their small bit to shine light.

Kudos for making a financial institution look good.

[DaddysMonkey]

Thank you guys all so so much. 
 

Its engrained in me to care about others and when I took this job I never expected to be doing what I love so much in this career. 
 

I feel extremely blessed to be able to give and receive moments like this with my clients , and I’m even more so grateful to have been able to give this gentleman hope that people are living his sons motto through life. 
 

Most people expect financial institutions to be greedy and money hungry and ONLY care about the money… which I’m sure is true for most. Not my bank , not me and not my coworkers. I’m proud of myself and my team that we care about humans first and everything is secondary to what’s best for our clients. 
 

I have the pictures and photo of his son hanging up in my cubicle to remind me of his motto even on my hardest days at work. 💕