There isn't much that a Ben and Jerry's gift card can't fix, not even vomit.
A young boy named Jack had the unfortunate experience of not quite making it to the bathroom while in Powell's bookstore in Portland last month. Unfortunately, Jack vomited all over the floor.
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We've all been there, or can at least understand how horrible this type of experience is -- both for the puker and people responsible for keeping the store clean.
Jack felt bad that somebody else was forced to clean up his mess, so he sent the store an adorable apology letter as well as a Ben and Jerry's gift card.
My friend Jen manages the @Powells Home/Garden store & she got this in the mail today!!! "Attention Barf Cleaners"... pic.twitter.com/LRvC3D2XuG— Liz Crain (@foodloverPDX) April 1, 2015
"Attention Barf Cleaners" Jack wrote on the front of his letter, just to make sure it ended up in the right hands.
"This Ben and Jerry's card is for the people who cleaned up the throw up of a kid on Friday the 28th," the letter read. "I don't know their names but I thanked them a lot and I'm sorry again for throwing up and hope you enjoy your ice cream."
He then signed the letter, "From Jack, the kid that puked right next to the bathroom."
(The Friday before the letter was sent, which is postmarked March 30, was actually March 27, not March 28 like Jack's letter states.)
Jennifer Wicka, manager of Powell's, recalled in gory detail to ABC just what happened that fateful night. "Somebody just told me that their friend puked right outside the bathroom, and sure enough there it was," said Wicka. "It was spread out really far, like 10 feet in diameter."
The letter was shared by Wicka's friend, Liz Crain on Twitter, and was also submitted to Reddit, -- not once, but twice -- where users applauded the boy, as well as his parents.
Comment from discussion A kid puked in our store the other day, so he sent my co-workers a gift card for ice-cream..
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