Lonely old folks,
Been chatting to some of my elderly customers today ,and they told me that this is the time of year they dread most ,the reason they told me was that the lead up to Christmas and over Christmas they have lots of visitors and people willing to shopping for them ,but once Christmas is over then it's back to normal as most are back to work , so don't forget the elderly who live near us and perhaps if we have a "spare" box of choc's to drop round for them or even 15 minutes of our time to have a chat and cup of tea , they told me it's the long dark evenings that get to them the most
Perhaps at the start of 2017 we could spare a few minutes for someone else ................
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Nice thought, Husky.
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Nice thought, Husky.
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Nice thought, Husky.
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Great post Husky. We call on a couple of elderly people locally and it is always appreciated. They want to be independent but you have to realise that there are some things they can't do and are often reluctant to ask unless you ask them first.
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I'm elderly !! Come & call on me too !! (when I'm home )
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That was the nicest post that I have read on this forum Husky.
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That post was definitely only showing once when I left the thread. It's been breeding overnight
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It just struck me that some of my elderly customers just come in to have a chat ,because I might be the only point of contact they have for a week or to before their family visit .
An example today ,an elderly lady came and wanted a light bulb ,and then said she would have to sit in the dark ,because her son wasn't coming round until next Friday , I told her I would call in when I close and fit it for her, a small deed ,but a huge difference to the lady......
I'm not such a bad old Husky
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Our local restaurant opened for lonely people, and the homeless on Christmas Day, and had twenty-nine people taking them up on the offer of a free Christmas Day. We took some wine in for them for that day, as they don't have an alcohol licence. When we ate with our son and his partner a few days after Christmas we chatted about how it had gone. The owner said it was the most moving day of his life, as did the (lovely) chef. They said some of the stories they heard moved them to tears. Apparently they'd made up a communal table, and everyone sat together and ate at the same time. They had gifts to give everyone (donated by customers), wines, beers and spirits, crackers, mince pies and Christmas cake) everyone stayed for almost the whole day, and they've said they're going to do it again every year but this year with more publicity.
He also said that they had given those people who came on Christmas Day the offer of a meal whenever they felt they needed one, or needed someone to talk to!
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