Receipt

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I bought a rice ball and some tea at a convenience store.

The total came to exactly 500 yen.

"Oh, that's perfect."

Something like that makes me feel a little better.

When I casually looked at the receipt, I saw an unfamiliar sentence printed below the amount.

"You worked hard today."

Is this a new service?

When I went shopping again the next day,

"You might not have needed to swallow those words."

was written there.

I was curious, so I asked the clerk.

"Excuse me, who types this text?"

The clerk tilted their head.

"Huh... I've never seen anything like this."

The manager also came out from the back.

After checking the register, they gave a troubled smile.

"The history only shows 'Thank you for your purchase'."

After thinking for a moment, the manager muttered.

"...We aren't really that kind of store, though."

I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

On my way home, I open the receipt once more.

A sentence had been added.

"You returned the shopping cart in the parking lot yesterday, didn't you? Someone is always watching such acts of kindness."

I stopped in my tracks.

It was a small pride of mine that I hadn't told anyone about.

Furthermore, there was another line below that.

"The store manager is also a little tired today."

When I looked back, the store manager was rolling his shoulders through the store's glass window.

I put the receipt away in my wallet.

What I received from my 500-yen purchase was a message that made me happier than the change.

If it were a receipt like this, I wouldn't be able to find a reason to throw it away.

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