I was finishing up a session in my office when my wife asked me to come upstairs. I said I would be there in a minute. She told me to please hurry, the fridge is leaking. I stopped what I was doing and ran to the kitchen. My wife had already spotted the problem before I arrived, the refrigerator’s water filter was leaking. I took the filter out and the leak stopped. We checked to see if the local appliance store had the filter, which would make sense since we bought the refrigerator there. They had the unit in stock. My youngest son, my wife, the filter, and I got in the car and headed to the store.
When we got to the store, our son picked out what we thought to be the correct replacement, but the three of us were not sure. The two filters model numbers were close, but not exactly the same. We decided to ask the sales assistant working in the area. We waited for her to finish with another customer before we went up and asked her if we made the right choice. She glanced at the old filter, glanced at the new filter, looked at us, and said, “It looks like a filter to me and left.”
As we turned to walk away my son said, “She would have done a better job if she said it smelled like the right filter.” I am glad that my youngest son can discern when adults are not being authentic and lending support with their expertise. This sales assistant was lazy and our 13 year-old son knew it.
In the end, her lack of help didn’t matter as we had the right filter. My wife replaced the filter and we both praised our son for recognizing when someone couldn’t be bothered to help others, especially when it is their job.
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