The very essence of volunteering is helping others.

So while wrapping gifts at the local bookstore this evening for my favorite charity, would it have been out of line to tell one of our customers that an appointment with an experienced waxer could take care of her stunningly robust beard in just a few minutes?

I mean, I had her best interests at heart. And I was there to help...

By far the highlight of the evening was when a young woman asked us to wrap this. I thought my co-volunteer, a straight-laced woman in her 50s, would choke on her tongue.