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Article: A CHEERFUL WELCOME FOR EVERYONE GREETER AT NAVAL EXCHANGE MAKES EVERY CUSTOMER FEEL LIKE A FRIEND.(DAILY BREAK)

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The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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April 8, 1997
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Byline: KRYS STEFANSKY, STAFF WRITER

THEY GAVE her a chair.

Can't work sitting down, she told them.

If Esther M. Payton ever sat . . . well, that'd be the day.

She's the greeter. Make that THE greeter at the Norfolk Naval Base Exchange.

``Good morning, girlfriend. Here you go,'' Payton chirps, peeling off a sales ad from a bundle on her arm.

Tuesday through Saturday, sneakers churning, she yanks out shopping carts and flashes miles of smiles.

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