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I received a number of inquiries from my Craigslist ad for 2 bookcases. The only follow thru came from a very, very cute, tattooed, young, haole woman...probably mid-20s, max. Quite possibly she was furnishing her first apt., I thought. She paid half and said she'd come by this week-end with a truck and a friend. And she did. This morning. A truck and 4 friends!
I met her in the building's basement to lead her thru the secured doors and up the elevator. She handed me the balance she owed. My curiosity got the best of me. I told her my history with the bookcases and that I hoped they would serve her as well as they'd served me. She insisted they would. She's an elementary school teacher in Kalihi and wanted attractive shelves to fill with books for her classroom's own library. It was also important that her students be able to reach the tallest shelf, she said. I asked if she had to pay for them or if she would be reimbursed by the school. She said the school had old, beat up bookcases she could use but she felt something nicer would help her students to take pride in their library and, therefore, encourage more reading. And, it was an out of pocket expense for her.
Confunnit...how in the world does a seller of 2 very old yet well maintained bookcases take money from a young teacher who is personally funding something so important as fostering the joy of reading in her students? I quickly figured out what I would do but, dang, I was (and still am) so impressed.
She had some really beautiful tattoos, too!
I met her in the building's basement to lead her thru the secured doors and up the elevator. She handed me the balance she owed. My curiosity got the best of me. I told her my history with the bookcases and that I hoped they would serve her as well as they'd served me. She insisted they would. She's an elementary school teacher in Kalihi and wanted attractive shelves to fill with books for her classroom's own library. It was also important that her students be able to reach the tallest shelf, she said. I asked if she had to pay for them or if she would be reimbursed by the school. She said the school had old, beat up bookcases she could use but she felt something nicer would help her students to take pride in their library and, therefore, encourage more reading. And, it was an out of pocket expense for her.
Confunnit...how in the world does a seller of 2 very old yet well maintained bookcases take money from a young teacher who is personally funding something so important as fostering the joy of reading in her students? I quickly figured out what I would do but, dang, I was (and still am) so impressed.
She had some really beautiful tattoos, too!
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