Postcards from the Hotel #10 — Salt and Sugar | Postales desde el hotel #10 — La sal y el azúcar
Published on HivePostify by @marysol777 · Fri Aug 14 2026
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Postcards from the Hotel #10 ----------------------------
Salt and Sugar
Source [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/photos/sugar-sachets-cup-sweetener-5946623/)
Hello dear Ladies of Hive community,
There are mornings when, after the breakfast service is over, I like to take a few quiet minutes to put everything back in order.
The tables need to be cleaned, the chairs returned to their places, and the small details that people hardly notice need to be ready for the next day.
One morning, while I was cleaning and organizing the napkin holders, I noticed the little packets of salt and sugar mixed together.
It was such an ordinary thing that I almost ignored it.
But somehow, that simple image made me think about people.
After many years working in hospitality, I have learned that every person leaves a different taste behind.
There are people who arrive carrying their own worries. Perhaps they have had a difficult night, they are tired from traveling, or they simply woke up in a bad mood. Sometimes that discomfort comes out in a sharp word, an impatient gesture, or a complaint directed at the person standing in front of them.
As workers, we do not always know what is happening behind someone's expression.
And I have learned not to judge too quickly.
But there are also people who can change the atmosphere of an entire room with something very small.
A sincere "good morning."
A smile.
A simple "thank you."
A kind word to someone who has been standing and working since early in the morning.
None of these things costs anything, but they can make a difference.
At 50 years old, I have started to think more about the kind of "flavor" I leave behind when I interact with others.
I know that I am not going to be cheerful every day. I have my own tired days, my own worries and moments when I would rather remain silent.
Being positive all the time is not realistic.
But I can still try not to make someone else's day heavier simply because mine is difficult.
Sometimes we forget that the people serving us also have their own lives waiting for them after work.
They have families, worries, tired bodies, dreams and problems that nobody sees.
A little patience can make their work easier.
A little respect can restore their energy.
And a sincere thank you can stay with them much longer than we imagine.
That is why I think about salt and sugar differently now.
Salt is not bad. Sugar is not always necessary. Both have their place, and each one changes the flavor of what it touches.
Perhaps people are like that too.
We all leave something behind in the places we pass through.
Sometimes it is tension.
Sometimes it is calm.
Sometimes it is simply a memory of having been treated with kindness.
I cannot choose what every person will remember about me.
But I can choose what I offer while we share the same moment.
Maybe that is one of the simplest lessons life has taught me: we do not need to do something extraordinary to make another person's day a little better.
Sometimes, all it takes is a smile, a little patience, or two simple words:
"Thank you."
And when the day is over, perhaps that is the sweetest flavor we can leave behind.
Thank you for reading.
Translation into English made with DeepL Translate.
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Postales desde el hotel #10 ---------------------------
La sal y el azúcar
Fuente [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/photos/sugar-sachets-cup-sweetener-5946623/)
Hola querida comunidad de Ladies of Hive,
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