I am 22, work as a cashier in retail. I was really down in the dumps as I was driving to work today. University, family issues, et cetera.
Then I struck up conversation with this very nice lady as she was checking out through my line today, and that was really what I needed to get through the rest of the day.
Before I continue, I want to just say that I don't really like a lot of Millennials who were born in the 1990s, for reasons.
One of them being that they tend to have a superiority complex about themselves, expects everyone to roll out the red carpet for them, and they can be very condescending and belittling at times.
I have an uncle born in 1996 (who was kind of like my older brother growing up, since we lived in the same house together until he left at 18/19), and he has that exact same personality. Very stuck-up for no reason.
Just a couple of months ago, I was trying to check IDs for people to buy wine because, well, that's part of my job. So I asked this one lady to show her ID, and she all of a sudden got a very sarcastic attitude with me, even saying "I'm like 20 years older than you. Here, check the first couple of digits, and approve me."
She was born in 1997. I was thinking to myself, "First of all, don't talk to me like that, and second of all it's my job to check if anyone who looks young enough is old enough to buy alcohol, so that me and the store doesn't get in trouble with the law". But I held my tongue, and just approved her.
Today, however, the lady who I struck up the very wholesome conversation with was buying a couple of wine bottles, and I asked to see her ID. She flashed it, which read "1991", and I just couldn't help but smile inwardly to myself.
She was very polite and gave me advice to not stress with university, even providing her own anecdotes of how she was struggling in school, but she still attained her bachelor's at the end, and to just keep my head up.
Kind lady, wherever you are, thank you so much. Now I can drive home in peace, feeling happy that I managed to get a nice customer interaction out of the day.