A woman has revealed she received a wellness check in the form of an email from an employee at her local bookstore after she purchased two ‘unhappy’ books – leaving social media users divided on whether or not the gesture was too intrusive.
Kara Rofé, 24, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, had been dying to get her hands on a copy of Jennette McCurdy’s best selling book I’m Glad My Mom Died and knew her local bookstore, Porter Square Books would be the place to do it.
Before finalizing her order, Kara decided to add Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag Scriptures to her cart; however, she never expected her choices would be questioned.
Kara Rofé, 24, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, has revealed she was sent a wellness check in the form of an email after purchasing two books
Kara decided to shop local when purchasing two ‘unhappy’ books, I’m Glad My Mom Died and The Fleabag Scriptures
The 24-year-old took to Twitter to share a screenshot of the email she received from her local bookstore (shown above) after purchasing the two books
The 24-year-old took to Twitter to share a screenshot of the email she received from her local bookstore after purchasing the two books.
The email questioned whether or not Kara was ‘doing ok’ due to the titles of the book.
The email read: ‘Hi Kara, your order is now ready for pick-up! We’re open weekdays from seven to seven and weekends from eight to seven. Thank you for supporting Porter Square Books.’
And while the beginning of the email seemed normal, the rest was anything but.
‘I would say happy reading, but these titles indicate otherwise… hope you’re doing ok! Best, Morgan.
‘P.S. The Fleabag Scriptures is my most prized possession, hope you enjoy!’
Morgan Holly, 21, from Massachusetts, was working at Porter Square Books fulfilling orders when she saw Kara’s order come through.
In the email, Morgan Holly, 21, an employee at local bookstore Porter Square Books, wrote she hoped Kara was ‘doing ok’ after seeing the books she ordered
Kara shared the email with the caption: ‘Ordered Jeanette McCurdy’s new memoir and The Fleabag Scriptures and received a wellness check from my local bookstore
Kara loved the Morgan’s email and thought it was a kind gesture and even said: ‘Hot girls support their local bookstores’
In an interview with the Boston Globe, Morgan said: ‘It was one of the orders I was excited to fulfill.
‘I saw the two books together, and I was like, I’m just gonna write a little note to make sure this person is doing okay.
‘Or just like a little sincere, little aside, that someone’s thinking about them and that I hope she’s doing okay.’
Kara shared the email with the caption: ‘Ordered Jeanette McCurdy’s new memoir and The Fleabag Scriptures and received a wellness check from my local bookstore.’
Her tweet garnered over 101,000 likes and 3,423 retweets.
Morgan admitted she didn’t ‘expect’ her work email to go viral and added: ‘It’s been really sweet and really eye-opening how many people have sort of connected to that tweet.
‘And also it’s been really exciting seeing all these people rallying for independent bookstores.’
‘In the time of ordering things online, especially if you order a book on Amazon, you’re never going to get a personalized message, nor would you get a message with someone checking in on you,’ Kara told the Boston Globe.
And like Kara, many users found the email to be genuine exchange and added it to their list of reasons to support small business
Kara even shared a picture of herself to her Twitter holding the books with the caption: ‘Hot girls support their local bookstores.’
And like Kara, many users found the email to be genuine exchange and added it to their list of reasons to support small business.
One user commented: ‘What an awesome thing for them to do! I’d probably burst into tears if I were low and some random person felt I was worth checking on.’
‘I’m pretty sure I’d burst into tears if someone randomly checked on me like this.’ added another user.
One user wrote: ‘This is such a nice gesture.’
‘We love local bookstores,’ said another user.
Another user added: ‘That’s kind of really wholesome though.’
Although many were charmed by the thoughtful gesture, other users couldn’t help but to point out the email was intrusive
And although many were charmed by the thoughtful gesture, other users couldn’t help but to point out the email was intrusive and even joked they didn’t have to worry what books they ordered when placing an order with ‘Amazon.’
‘Oh nah I wouldn’t like this. They need to mind their own business,’ said one user.
Another user added: ‘Man this is a reason I don’t want to order from local book stores. Ain’t nobody need to be commenting on my literature choices.’
‘She is in your business,’ added another user.
‘Amazon would never,’ wrote another user.
‘Don’t really know what those two books are about but if I ever got an email like this I’d call the cops on them,’ added another user.