Hey friends, I’m fairly new to this and I never saw myself making an account for Reddit, but I had a story I wanted to share because it affected me quite a bit. Let me give some back story! So I’ve been working at my same store for a year and a half now, and there’s been this regular that came in every now and then, John. He would always mobile order and get the same exact things, two or three venti white mochas with nonfat, an extra shot and no whip, with his chocolate cake pops. Every time he’d come in he’d always talk us up, ask us how we were doing and be an absolute delight. He’d always hand us our tips personally and thank us for all the work we do. Our store is super, super busy and sometimes I feel bad about not being able to connect with customers as good as I should be. John was always such a nice man though, when we’d be slammed he’d never complain about waiting and always thank us so much. But a couple months ago, I’d say September or October, he came in one day and told us that he had a terminal illness and he only had about a month or so left. He always came in when the night crew was around so we were all devastated. He was one of our amazing regulars and we always loved seeing him mobile order! This sweet man had been coming since I first started at my store and hearing that was kind of crushing. He never shared much about his life, so honestly a part of me was surprised he told us that. But to the reason I’m making this post; this week, John came in after mobile ordering again and sadly told us that this would probably be his last time stopping in. His sickness had gotten to the point where, in his words, he’d probably be gone within a week or two. He thanked us for everything we had done for him and all the times we had made his drinks for him. All the night crew on staff that night thanked him for continually coming in and being a saint on Earth. I was very sad for the rest of my shift but also felt great for providing him with a place he felt he could keep coming. I couldn’t imagine how he must’ve been feeling in his life, but when he came in he seemed so happy and full of life. I was so happy to be able to provide a place like that for him. Despite Starbucks having its days where I’m just, ugh, John reminded me that some people come to us for some normalcy in the absolute crazy world we are living in right now. I just wanted to share this we all of you, I felt I should put it out there. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this you guys <3 Be nice to each other everyone :)