It doesn’t take much to be kind. Smile, have patience, say hello; they’re all small and cordial acts, but they carry so much weight in this world. That’s something Ricky Derouen knows to be true.
While working out on Monday at his local Planet Fitness, Ricky witnessed a rare kindness between two fellow gym-goers.
He took to Facebook to detail the encounter, which sent the Internet into a widespread search for the “man in the orange shirt.”
“If anyone recognizes this man in the orange shirt, you walk up to him and shake his hand,” Ricky writes.
Ricky Derouen
“He doesn’t seem like the the bragging type so I’ll brag for him.”
Ricky explains that while working out at the Planet Fitness in Pascagoula, Mississippi, a gym member with special needs constantly approached this man in orange, “10 different times in a 45 minute time span with handshakes, hugs, questions and interactions.”
Planet Fitness has long branded themselves as a “judgement free zone.” Their website states:
We believe no one should ever feel Gymtimidated by Lunky behavior and that everyone should feel at ease in our gyms, no matter what his or her workout goals are.