Good News‘Attention Barf Cleaners’: Boy writes adorable apology note to Portland bookstore staff after vomiting outside the bathroom
In late March, a young teen named Jack threw up at Powell’s Books, an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon.
He felt so badly about the incident that he wrote store staff a touching apology letter — and a Ben & Jerry’s gift card.
“Attention Barf Cleaners, this Ben and Jerry’s card is for the people who cleaned up the throw up of a kid on Friday the 28th. I don’t know their names but I thank them a lot and I’m sorry again for throwing up and hope you enjoy your ice cream.”
“From Jack, aka the kid that puked right next to the bathroom.”
Store manager Michal Drannon told TODAY.com that Jennifer Wicka, the manager who performed “barf cleaner” duty that day, was “taken aback” by the sweet note.
“It was completely unexpected,“ Drannen said. "She wasn’t thinking something like that would follow.”
“I opened it up and read it and it totally made my day. I’m pretty grumpy about people and humanity,” Wicka told BuzzFeed News. “Oh man, some people are good.”
Wicka’s friend posted a photo of the note on Twitter and Reddit and it quickly went viral.
“That’s just adorable. His parents are doing a good job. Polite and empathetic,” wrote Reddit user kittenkat42.
“That kid is going places. Classy move!” wrote gilbad.
Wicka told BuzzFeed News that Jack, who appeared to be in his early teens, was in the bookstore with some friends over spring break. He had been complaining about a local eatery making him sick before the vomiting incident.
She told ABC News that the cleanup job was a pretty gross one:
“It was spread out really far, like 10 feet in diameter,” she said of the vomit.
It appears, however, that all is now forgiven.
"It’s just always nice to be reminded that there are good kids out there,” Wicka told ABC.
