The Invite

 Working in a Pet Store for over a decade at this point, I've come across my fair share of random things. 

But today does bring about a "first" of sorts. 

Which is rather amazing that I still encounter "firsts" in the store ... considering I'm approaching my 13th anniversary there. You'd think by this point I would have heard, seen, and done it all. But nope. 

Today's first arrived in the mail.

Yep. The mail.

Good old USPS. 

I walk by Register 1 and see a little pile of mail sitting on the counter...and no sign of the postman anywhere.

Because he tends to waltz in and out within the blink of an eye.

Which makes it extremely hard to 'catch him' if we need to send packages through USPS instead of Fedex. 

In any case. I grab the pile of mail because we can't have it just sitting in plain site of customers on the register counter.

And among those various pieces of paper?

Is an envelope.

Addressed in a very familiar way....but not at all familiar for a  Pet Store.

Because this envelope and the way it looks....looks like it contains a wedding invitation.

Which. Not the weirdest. 

Coworkers get married all the time. And like sometimes former co-workers will come in to hang up a wedding invitation inviting us to their wedding.

But this invitation? Was weird.

Because instead of listing a person. It just listed the store. 

"Starsmet" then our address. 

So no specific person.

I look up to see who sent it. 

And I don't recognize the names at all as any former coworkers. 

So I wondered if maybe it was one of the Influencers we've had in the store before?

Because we have had influencers in the store over the past couple of years. People with 'famous' pets who come in to shoot 'commercials' for their YouTube and TikTok and Instagram and whatever other popular social media channels they have with their pets. 

I don't know their names. Barely know their pets. I mostly avoid them because I do not want to be on camera lol. 

But nope. Other managers don't recognize the names of the people either and state the Influencers we have dealt with are already married. 

Open the envelope.

And confirm that it IS a wedding invite. 

To a complete stranger's wedding. 

We have no idea who this person is.

BUT

They were nice enough to include a little hand written note that basically said: 

"Dear Starsmet; As my Cat and I begin a New Chapter of our lives. We wanted to include you in our celebration! My cat loves your store and I love supporting your business. Thanks for being awesome!" 

Lol.

It's so random.

We all loved it. 

Like who would ever think to send a Pet Store a wedding invite. 

Especially when I don't know if they even know any of us in the store. 

Regardless my Head Manager has already gathered a Card and a Gift Card to the Store and a Wedding Collar for the Cat to wear to mail back to the happy couple lol. 

A different manager is even considering going. XD Which is far braver than I would ever be. Though seriously it would be so funny if a group of us ended up showing up to their wedding. 

Can you imagine?

Person at the wedding: So are you here for the bride or the groom?

Us: Oh, No, We're here for the Cat. 

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi