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"Can I help you?" He said.
"I am the manager of this store."
"Yeah, actually I want to but bento boxes, but I want a total forty of them," I told him.
"Ma'am, can I ask you when do you want them? I can check-in in the stock room." He said.
"I want them as fast as you can. Actually, I am visiting an orphanage and I want to buy some presents for the kids. They can take it to school." I answered.
"That's a good thing ma'am that you are thinking about them but I think you should give them something else. Actually, schools usually provide lunch for the kids. And orphan kids usually dream about taking lunch boxes to school prepared by someone who loves them. The boxes will only remind them that they don't have anyone who can make beautiful bento for them." I was really disheartened when he said that. But somewhere I knew he wasn't wrong. What he said actually made sense. And I knew that I could do anything about the kids.
"My wife works in an orphanage. So I can understand that much about them." He told me.
"So what should I buy for them. Which will encourage them?" I asked.
"I suggest that you can buy them some cutleries. We have a fresh stock of it for kids. Here is this." He showed me a few cases of cutlery sets. All of them had a pair of chopsticks, a spoon, and a fork. The case he first showed, It had a really beautiful cartoon carving on it, it was steel. Another case that he showed was wooden. It had a princess drawn on it. He showed many pieces but I liked the first one the most.
"Do you have more designs in this steel one?" I asked him.
"Yeah, we have princess, superheroes, Mickey mouse, and frozen." He showed me every design.
"Okay then give my fifteen princess' and twenty-six superheroes'."
"Okay, I'll send someone to get it from our storage room nearby. Please wait for which." I sat on a chair they provided me. while I wait I was waiting, I made the payment so it will be quicker. After about fifteen minutes they brought what I wanted. I took it. It was quite heavy to be truthful but I carried it anyway. I get back home.
John was sitting on the couch scrolling through his phone. I came to help me when he saw I came. He carried it and put it near the couch. I showed him what I bought. I liked it too. I told him that I was gonna buy lunch boxes and why I didn't buy them. He also thought that buying lunchboxes wasn't a good idea. Thanks to that manager.
"Are the documents ready?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I was waiting for you to book a taxi." He told.
"So book it then," I said.
"Oh yes." He picked his phone back and booked the taxi.
"The taxi will be here in fifteen minutes. You want to get something from the luggage or the kitchen?" He asked.
"I'll get some water," I said and grabbed a bottle of water to carry with me for the way. Soon the taxi came and we left for the orphanage.
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"Ms. Yamazaki, we arranged the documents so we decided to hand to you. The sooner it is all done the better. Here." John handed her the check, and the documents she asked for. The docs were in soft and hardcopy.
"Will this be okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, these are good enough. Anything else?" She said.
"Yes, Ms. Yamazaki actually me and John were concerned that Ren might not be really comfortable if we took him with us, he might get restless. We were thinking that maybe we can come and meet him so that he can be comfortable with us. Will that be okay to you if we do that?" I said.
"I can understand what your point is Mrs. Salvatore. But if you give attention to just one kid out of them all, they will feel bad and left out. And I don't think it is a good idea for me to approve it. You can do one thing. And I think it is a better idea.
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