I am pretty sure there is a relationship between shining at something and making it seem effortless.
The shortstop in the World Series does it when he aptly makes a double play.
Public speakers do it when they masterfully engage us and teach us at the same time.
Even our hairdresser does it when she skillfully styles our hair, making it look better than it will look until we return again in six weeks.
Imagine, then, what I was thinking while recently visiting Hobby Lobby for some art supplies. An annoyed customer was holding up the line as she tried returning a package of beads that she bought but did not end up using.
The clerk turned on the red light above his register and then got on the intercom announcing:
"Manager to register four. I have a Code 06."
With an increasingly impatient line of people, six or seven deep, and a woman holding a package of beads estimated at $5.99, I could not help but wonder...
How difficult should it be to return a $6.00 item and,
If returning beads was a Code 06, what in the world were codes 01 - 05 all about?
In fact, is there any set of circumstances at Hobby Lobby that should ever warrant a Code 06?
Part of shining is keeping the blood, sweat, and tears to yourself and making your work - even if it's returning a package of beads - seem effortless.