This week I am working as a substitute at a shop other than my own as a manager. I live in Ohio but am currently spending the week in New York helping out another shop. Through the course of my duties today, i was taking a part that was replaced and saving it in case the warranty department requests for it to be mailed in. In the area where the warranty parts are saved, I saw an American flag left on a shelf in disarray. It was torn in several locations. I grabbed the flag and brought it back to the work area. I grabbed the other manager and said, "I found this upstairs, we need to properly fold it and get it to a VFW or American Legion so it can be properly retired."
The other manager did opt to help me. I had her hold the side with the union while I worked with the tattered end of the stripes, trying my best to get the folds as good as I could. It was difficult to keep all together and to keep from touching the ground. A technician there saw what I was trying to do and opted to join in. He took over holding the side with the union and the other manager helped me with supporting the center sections. This flag was bigger than the standard 5x3.
We got the flag properly folded into a triangle, and i found another employee there that was a Veteran that ensured he would get it to the local VFW. Immediately after this situation transpired, i noticed the people at this location, that are not quite sure of why a manager from another state is there, or what to think, take a liking to me.
On top of this, i was able to teach another person how to properly respect our flag. Today was a win.
How beautiful and symbolic as well!! Thank you for caring for Our Flag which has taken a beating lately with coworkers while working in another state .
I like your " State of Union" and story!
Ill admit ive been pleasantly surprised by my time here. I always heard New York people were just rude. Maybe its different because im in the western side of the state, but its not what my expectations were at all.
Gun laws still suck though.
What a cool life experience. I still believe most people are so very good! Enjoy your assignment in NY!
This is a feel good read, I enjoyed it so thank you for sharing. Our gun laws are crap and not all of us are rude. NY is a strong hold of corruption and most of NY is red.
These are the kind of interactions that feed my soul. Simple, but meaningful.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. It was such a simple thing that really made my day as well. I recently hooked up electric to illuminate my flag at home at night instead of solar lights and that was a big deal to me as well.
No, thank you.
Those are a couple of the things we’ve really been conditioned to lack, pride and positivity. Especially in such a beautiful country.
I have a genuine and sincere appreciation for many aspects of all cultures but there is nothing wrong with American Exceptionalism, and we need to remember that.
This is an incredible place to be and acts like yours help people to remember that, I appreciate what you’ve done.
You are right, i don't think I've ever heard it termed as American Exceptionalism before, but thats perfect way to describe it. It makes me think of a Reagan quote, "If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before."
Thank you friend for not only doing this for our flag ; but for being a patriotic example to your co workers ~ and who knows how many people they will tell ! I’m sure it impacted them , as it did me while reading your eloquently written story. Thank you also for taking the time to write and post this , with so much horror to read nowadays it was a privilege to read something that touched my heart!
Sounds like you were sent over to a store that needs help because it was sinking so badly, the store (or that department) is at risk of shutting down permanently.
I did something similar about 10 years ago, when I worked at a computer shop in Illinois and I was asked to go out to Indiana for a week to work there and try to save the store from shutting down. I went over and wow, they were like 150 computers behind on repairs.
Due to me being deaf, I don't normally interact with customers, which is why it was beneficial for me to go there so I can focus on repairing and getting the computers out. I managed to get about 100 computers out in just one week.
Most of them were easy fixes and I couldn't understand why that store was letting most of the computers sitting around for longer than a month or two. The longest was like 6 months and it was a new motherboard install and parts transfer from a broken laptop chassis over to a new laptop (the chassis was broken into half and they didn't know how to transfer everything over to the new chassis).
Went back home and a few weeks later, the big guys from California came over to our store for our quarterly inspection and they came up to me to congratulate me for saving the department. Had I not gone over there, everyone would have been fired and the store would have been at risk of shutting down permanently.
So it sounded like you had to do something like what I just did.
I know I digressed from your story and I didn't mean to, but thank you for doing what you did with the American flag!
Its not because the shop is performing badly, but because of the labor shortage and trying to get the people here some help and relief.
Just curious, what compelled you to share this experience here?
I love this post. It completely shows why I choose to monitor this site every day.
Thank you, OP, for sharing.
Not sure exactly why i decided to share it, but i did think of it as a local win and i enjoy reading other peoples uplifting stories here. I think it also fits in with how the cabal wants us divided when we should learn to stand together.
You might have to change your username, though.
I know I've already outgrown my username the past couple years. The username stems from an argument i had on the internet and someone tried to insult me by saying I lacked a moral compass. This made me laugh because i knew exactly where my morals are, and here we are.
Well, seeing the post, and your username, I laughed too. 😁
Comments are at 17 but I had to say that this post made my eyes wet. Thank you 🙏 ❤️🇺🇸
Uplifting moment.
Thank you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I loved this story. Thanks for sharing!
Idolatrous to the core i think
Thank you, i had to look up the definition for that so i learned something new today.
Check Perry Willis' view on this:
http://www.downsizedcfoundation.org/blog/our-heresies-against-state-idolatry-and-the-mystical-view-of-the-state
The United States of America is a gift from God so that we may live with like minded followers of Christ and be free.
Thank you for respecting the symbol of our inheritance and for being a good example.
" Today was a win."
It was, indeed, fren.
Good deed for the day.
Amen!
Nomoralcompass89 - Thank you. Sincerely.