He was handicapped and he knocked over a rack of shoes at Nordstrom’s. The manager of the store became irate. It was opening day. The crowds were large. The owners were in the store. The manager stared for a moment, then curtly said, “get him to pick them up.” The boy froze. The sister paused. The nearby shoppers were stunned. Without notice, the sister fell to her knees and began to pick up the shoes and placed them back on the rack. It wasn’t long before her handicapped brother joined her. Within minutes they both had put all the shoes away. As she stood lifting her brother to her feet, she turned to the store manager and said, “mister, you’ve got to love him into it.”
Dale Galloway. Making The Small Group Transition, Enrichment Magazine. Springfield, Mo., Spring 1988, pg. 15-16.