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A Real Life Actual Phone Call

I never answer calls from random numbers I don’t recognize, but curiosity got the best of me when I saw “Honolulu, HI” flash on the screen, perhaps psychologically because I was hoping for a free trip there 😂

Well, you didn’t offer me a free trip to Hawaii, but you did offer me a free trip to an upcoming baseball game which was equally a nice surprise! And even more so because it was a “thanks” for being a donor to our museum and not some scam which is the whole reason we don’t pick up our phones anymore from kind strangers!

Then not only did you humor my audacity in asking for 4 additional tickets so my entire family can join, but you made it your mission to make it happen and the very next day it was done. Something I know took some extra time.

What really struck me the most out of all of this, though, was that instead of just emailing me the news about all this as most people would, you chose to *call me* instead. You wanted to make me feel special, VIP even, and to let me know the museum really appreciates my support. I felt it.

We all had fun at the baseball game, especially my boys, but I was more looking forward to meeting you during it and it was a pleasure when I finally did. Thank you for taking the extra time to make me feel special. I’ll be picking up the phone more often these days 🤙

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