This week’s Rewarding Moment from Brandy Kitchens is about making the best of a bad situation and how MyPoints came through in the clutch.
Here is her story:
“Hi, my name is Brandy and I first came to MyPoints in September of 2016. I was online one night and came across a page that said something like earn gift cards for taking surveys. So I signed up that night and well, here I am still a member and still loving it and telling anyone I meet about it.
Let me start by explaining how the worst vacation ever turned out to not so bad. Me, my boyfriend, his mom and dad, his sister, her husband and their four kids were going on vacation to New Hampshire to visit their family because they are from up there and moved to South Carolina twenty-some years ago.
His mom hadn’t been back home in over 20 years and so we were all excited for her. I had just started a new college and we called beforehand to make sure there was a wi-fi connection that I would be able to use because I would still need to attend my online classes and turn in my homework. So everything was all set until we get there and then it went all to @#$%!
First of all there was an issue with me using the wi-fi because no-one could find the password or would get it for me and I had to maintain a grade of 70% or I would be dismissed from the school. Long story short, I was dismissed from school and yet again no-one seemed to care but me and my boyfriend. There was even a statement made that it wasn’t nothing to them so it wasn’t important to them and that really hurt my feelings because I am going to school so I can better our lives and this made my boyfriend furious.
But we were stuck there and could not come home ’til everyone else did because we drove his parents in their car up North. Well, my boyfriend made such a fuss that his aunt put us on the first bus back home.
Now we have no money, no food or drinks, it’s hot outside and a 30 hour bus trip back home. By the time the bus got to New York we were so hungry and thirsty and I remembered all a sudden that I have Points I was saving for my boyfriends birthday gift.
So I turn to him and say “Hey baby, I just remembered that I have Points and I was saving them to get your birthday gift but if you want me to I will get us a gift card for food.” He said, “Heck yeah, I’m not worried about my gift, let’s just eat,” so I go on there and find first a Dunkin Donuts and that was the only thing we were close to.
So I get that card and we get drinks and donuts and it held us over for a while then about 1 AM we stop at a Burger King and so I cash in more Points for us a burger and fries each and drink and let me tell you that cheeseburger from Burger King had never tasted so good in my whole life as it did that night.
So thanks to MyPoints we were able to eat and drink ’til we get home. That was my most rewarding moment ever. Thank you so much, MyPoints!”
Thanks, Brandy for sharing your story! We’re glad MyPoints was able to provide sustenance for the 30 hour bus trip. In appreciation, we’ve added 1,500 Points to your account.
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