- Fatimah Leftwich, the cashier, noticed that Mary-Ann Byrnes was struggling
This is the touching moment a cashier helps a mother by picking up her crying toddler and scanning her belongings along with her.
Mary-Ann Byrnes, 38, was shopping at a Dollar Tree store when her two-year-old daughter had a meltdown.
Fatimah Leftwich, who works as a cashier, noticed that Mary-Ann was struggling and kindly asked the toddler, also called Mary-Ann, if she wanted to help behind the counter. The toddler immediately said yes.
A video shows Mary-Ann completely at ease in Fatimah’s arms, scanning items while being encouraged by Fatimah who tells her that “she’s a fast learner.”
Mary-Ann, a freelance production worker from Cedar Grove, New Jersey, said she “went to a Dollar Tree store near town with my daughter and mother to pick up some stuff.”
Fatimah Leftwich, who works as a cashier, noticed that Mary-Ann was struggling and kindly asked the toddler, also called Mary-Ann, if she wanted to help behind the counter. The toddler immediately said yes
Mary-Ann Byrnes with her child at the checkout. She said: ‘My daughter is at a toddler age where she gets restless and wants to be picked up all the time’
She added: ‘My mum had a separate shopping trolley and was still shopping by the time we got in the queue and the store was quite busy.
‘My daughter is a toddler when she becomes restless and wants to be picked up all the time.
“So she started crying and had a little breakdown, which was hard to deal with with all my stuff I was trying to pay for and not have people waiting behind me.”
Mary-Ann said, “She asked if it would be cool for her to pick up my daughter and then helped her scan all my stuff, and even some of the stuff from the people behind me!
“I saw a woman who had the ability to calm my daughter with such a beautiful, trusting energy. It was amazing.’
Mary-Ann and Fatimah have stayed in touch since the video was filmed and Fatimah has since been transferred to a Dollar Tree closer to her home.
