“How do you ask for that?”
“What do you say?”
Or just an arched eyebrow.
Like most parents of little ones, I spend a lot of time teaching and reminding my girls to use their manners. Reminding them to let others finish speaking, to eat with their mouths closed, not to grab toys from one another. Reminding them to say “please” and “thank you” and “excuse me”. I explain that these social niceties help make people feel respected and appreciated. My four year old is learning to show appreciation with a heartfelt “thank you”, a big hug, or maybe a colourful handmade card.
But have you seen how TELUS says thank you? Check out how they thanked Ramona, one of their long-time customers, by making her lifelong dream come true. I’m a big old softie, and I always tear up when I see these kinds of things! See more TELUS videos and subscribe on YouTube.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be recognized for all the things we do as parents, partners, friends, employees, volunteers, and customers? When I first watched Ramona’s video I wondered what my dream day might look like. Maybe recreating my engagement day with a morning of pampering at a luxury spa, a picnic lunch on top of Beacon Hill, and a long romantic horse drawn carriage ride through downtown Victoria, BC. Or maybe attending a performance of Wicked while a team of professionals scrubs my house from top to bottom, then a gourmet dinner out with hubby on the White Rock boardwalk. (Oh hi there, Telus! Didn’t see you peeking!)
But then I thought, I don’t need those kinds of things. I’ve shared before about the recent death of my husband’s father. The last six months have been really hard on hubs, and he’s the one who deserves extra appreciation right now. I’d like to thank him for everything he does for our family, day in and day out, regardless of how he’s feeling inside. If I could, I’d give my Star Wars loving husband the day of his dreams: flying down to California and touring Skywalker Ranch with George Lucas.
With their Give Where We Live philosophy and their Customers First days, TELUS strives to put their customers first. Even though I’m not a multimillion dollar account, I still want to feel appreciated. I like that TELUS understands what I’m trying to teach my girls. A simple thank you goes a long way!
The TELUS Care-a-Van team was in Guelph, Ontario all last week hosting events and activities to specially thank their local customers and the community. They went door to door to personally thank their top 100 customers with a surprise care package, and they hosted a BBQ lunch for their top 1000 customers and their families. TELUS topped off their week of #ActsOfCaring with a $5000 donation to the Guelph Children’s Foundation! I can’t wait until the Care-a-Van comes to Vancouver!
What would your dream day look like? (You never know who’s listening!)
Disclosure: I am part of the TELUS Grand Gestures Campaign and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this campaign. The opinions on this blog are my own.
“Skywalker Ranch” by Jude Adamson is licensed under CC BY 2.0
As of this very moment, my dream day would be to have my van working. It just died a slow death.
My guys would love Skywalker ranch too!
And Telus is an awesome company, I’m always recommending them…
Oh no! I hope you’re able to get some transportation going.
Honestly I just enjoy site seeing with my family, a nice dinner and maybe drive in theatre
Sounds like a wonderful low-key day! We like hanging out at the drive-in too. It just has a different vibe.
I watched the Telus video and thought it truly inspiring. Most often those things are staged but she seemed truly surprised with real emotions
I think it was real too. What an amazing surprise, especially when her daughter showed up!
My dream day would be spent catching up with my high school best friend… doing girly stuff like hitting the spa and the mall! She works for Telus, so maybe she can make this happen….
Oh, you’ve got connections!
my dream day would be trying something new like kayaking or canoeing somewhere nice
Going on an adventure would be fun!
My dream day would be my daughter being able to really talk to me as if she were well, she is autistic
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Oh a realistic one would be a make over
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I really hope your dream comes true some day.
Thanks
Whoa. My dream day? Waking up at the beach with my family. Playing all day by the ocean. Maybe a romantic dinner with a great glass of wine with the hubby. Of course, my favorite singer, Tori Amos would be playing the piano as we ate. Haha!
Nice! I love Tori too!
I think my dream day would be relaxing by the beach and enjoying the sights and sounds! We don’t get to travel too often, so that would be a special treat.
A day of relaxation sounds good to me!
i am constantly teaching and enforcing in my girls to use their manners too!!!!
Manners are so important!
my dream day is tough to choose. theres so much I want to do. i think beside spending the day with my daughter Id love to have a day to go on a shopping spree and have my hair and makeup done and go to the spa.
What about doing the shopping spree, makeover, and spa with your daughter? Double the fun!
I can think of a lot of dream days, they include all the adventures we did before little one was born skiing climbing mt biking in areas that we dont make it right now…. Telus wow!!
Yeah! That sounds like a lot of fun!
I’d give my dad the gift of a private jet flight. He has always wanted that.
What a wonderful gift!
I wish there were more companies like Telus! My dream would be to go somewhere on a great family vacation, my entire family all together!
LOL, I dream all the time about going somewhere exotic and tropical with my family.
That video was awesome, I did not see that coming! I got a nice cry too. 😉 My dream has always been to go on vacation with my whole family!
Glad I’m not the only one who gets all misty at this kind of thing!