Too much tea

I was at the office late last night, and overheard the cleaning staff at work. The person with experience was speaking to a younger helper.

“No, that’s too much tea. They’re mostly coffee drinkers. Put these in.”

What was going on?

We have a single-serve brewer. In the cabinet, there are different types of coffees and teas, and on the counter there’s a rotating storage rack. What I discovered is that each night, the cleaning staff — without having been asked to do so — carefully and thoughtfully refills the display from the stores in the cabinet.

That extra dedication (when no one is looking) creates a tiny bit of magic in the morning ... as though the display replenishes itself overnight.

All of us can make magic like that in our spheres of influence. It doesn’t encourage laziness, and it doesn’t create entitlement. It just makes things a little easier for someone else. Call it generosity. Call it attention to detail. Today, I call it, “How Christie does her job” ... and it’s something to be appreciated.