{"id":1529,"date":"2017-12-08T03:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2017-12-08T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T18:00:56","slug":"week-169-four-weeks-to-happyness-make-your-house-a-special-delivery-happyness-in-action-with-jessica-suto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1529","title":{"rendered":"Week #169 – Four Weeks to Happyness: Make your house a Special Delivery! (Happyness in Action — with Jessica Suto)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Special Delivery! (used with permission: Jessica Suto)<\/p><\/div>\n

Week #169 – Four Weeks to Happyness: Make your house a Special Delivery! (Happyness in Action — with Jessica Suto)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings Happyness Tribe!<\/p>\n

You might remember back in Week #95<\/a> a challenge to leave something cool to drink for our mail carriers and other workers who were sweating it out during a summer heat wave.<\/p>\n

Well, the holiday shopping season is here — and we are headed into the two heaviest delivery weeks for our mail carriers, delivery drivers, and package handlers.<\/p>\n

Which is why \u00a0I am so excited\u00a0to share this story of\u00a0Happyness in Action<\/a>\u00a0with you!<\/p>\n

Rob’s classmate — Jessica Suto — posted an idea to her Facebook page that caught my attention this week. \u00a0It was a forward from another site with a basket of snacks\/water on the doorstep as a thank-you to those who are handling the added volume. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(You can see the original post here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Knowing Jessica and her heart of gold — I reached out to her to see if this was something she actually does. \u00a0Indeed it was!<\/p>\n

“I saw a friend share it (the original post), then thought how great my delivery guys have been, especially my UPS driver, he actually brings heavy things to the back door and if I’m home, he will bring them in for me.”<\/p>\n

Jessica is a Navy Veteran with some health complications. \u00a0Online shopping for food and supplies is easy enough…but a little help with the heavy lifting is a big plus!<\/p>\n

“At that time, I wasn’t able to tip, and when my friend shared this it was just an instant thing.”<\/p>\n

An instant way to Spread Happyness! \u00a0How about that?! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I was chatting with Jessica over messenger, she told me that just today she came home to a porch full of deliveries…and an empty basket!<\/p>\n

“That, as well, put a smile on my face!”<\/p>\n

I checked around social media to see if others were implementing this idea. \u00a0One woman in Georgia replied instantly that she loved it and was going to see what she could scrounge up. \u00a0Within minutes, she posted a photo of her front porch with a basket of goodies and a thank you note to her delivery people!<\/p>\n

It was interesting to hear from drivers\/delivery people as well. \u00a0Jeffery Linden, a UPS team member from Windsor, Connecticut, chimed in:<\/p>\n

“I remember being out on the road this time of year. People either smiled or grimaced at you. A grab and go snack will make them happy!”<\/p>\n

I asked Jeffery, what other simple things people can do to acknowledge drivers\/delivery people?<\/p>\n

“Just understand their stops are measured by the seconds, and understand if they are polite but never stop moving.”<\/p>\n

(That’s good to know!)<\/p>\n

As for Jessica, I asked her what Happyness means to her this holiday season as she gets ready to pack up and move across the country.<\/p>\n

“Norm (just like in Cheers) is my mailman. \u00a0He is always super happy-go-lucky with a big smile on his face. I want to pack him and my UPS driver and take them with me!!!”<\/p>\n

Your Happyness Challenge for the week ahead: Make your house a SPECIAL DELIVERY! \u00a0<\/strong>Assemble a basket of goodies, water, gum, etc. and leave it on your porch with a note to your mail carrier, delivery people, or package handlers. \u00a0(A Giving Tree would be a lot of fun, too — with the goodies\/snacks attached to branches!) \u00a0In Jessica’s words, “this time of year they are super busy, so make sure to thank them. \u00a0Also, the next time something is late, damaged or lost, don’t take it out on the carrier. \u00a0They didn’t necessarily do that.” \u00a0For Jessica, the fulfillment of knowing that these little gestures make their day — also makes hers!<\/p>\n

Jessica’s note on her porch reads (in the photo above), “To the greatest deliverymen in town, thanks for all you do, and everything you have done for me.”<\/p>\n

She’s going to miss them…and I think they’re going to miss her, too!<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness — leave a Special Delivery for your delivery people this week!<\/strong><\/p>\n

(And if you or someone you know has a fun way to Spread Happyness this holiday season — please let me know! \u00a0I’d love to feature their story of Happyness in Action<\/a> on the blog!)<\/p>\n

12\/8\/17 by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n

(PS: A very special thanks to Jessica Suto for her service to this country — and for taking extra time out of her day to trade messages with me! \u00a0And thanks to Jeffery Linden for sharing his perspective, as well!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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