Making a coffee for a customer at the busy bakery where I work, I noticed she was wearing an unusual necklace. It was a silver pendant with sparkles, and it was quite different from anything I had seen. I remarked that it was the kind of jewellery that my fiancée would like. The customer smiled and chatted with me, explaining that she had bought it from a market in Australia, where she lived. She was in New Zealand on business and was due to return home the next day.

A few weeks later, a package arrived at the bakery. Inside was another of the silver necklaces, along with a note to say she’d gone back to the market to find one for my fiancée to enjoy.

Chris Bailey, Wellington