Walmart Worker Gives Disabled Shopper Manicure After Nail Salon Refuses To

A woman with disability was turned away from a nail salon in a Walmart outlet in Burton, Michigan, when she asked for a manicure, because she “moved too much." This was when the cashier of the hypermarket, who also knew the woman, offered to paint her nails — an act of kindness that has gone viral on social media.

Angela Peters, 36, suffers from cerebral palsy, an illness that caused her hands to shake sometimes. On hearing the nail salon had refused Peters service because of her condition, Walmart worker Ebony Harris, 40, decided to use her break to make Peters' day special.

“I knew her from her coming in here shopping," Harris told ABC News. "I’ve helped her shop a couple of times. I just wanted to do her nails and I didn’t want her day to be ruined."

The two of them picked out some nail polish and glitter — sparkly blue, just like Peters liked — and sat down in a Subway restaurant's seating area to get the job done.

Peters apologized for her shaking hands, but Harris told her she had nothing to be sorry about. In fact, even Harris had shaky hands while painting her nails as she did not want to do a botched up job.

"I was a little nervous and was shaking because I didn’t want to mess her nails up," Harris said.

Harris’ act of kindness was captured in a series of pictures by Subway restaurant worker, Tasia Smith, who witnessed the nail painting session.

"She did great, barely moved & was just so sweet," Smith wrote on Facebook, where she uploaded the pictures. "It’s an absolute shame that they denied her for something so little."

Harris said sharing the story with the world was not an effort to criticize the nail salon which denied Peters service.

“We’re not trying to bash the nail salon. We’re not trying to make them lose customers, make them look bad,” she told Fox 5. “But maybe spread awareness that no matter the person, who they are, what color they are, disability, whatever, they’re people too. She’s a girly girl. She’s just like you, me … my daughter, anybody. She wants to look pretty, you know, and so why can’t she?”

Even Peters said she had already forgiven the salon for their attitude toward her.

"When people do us wrong we must forgive, if not we harbor bitterness,” she said. “I don't want anyone fired, I just [want to] educate people that people with different challenges like being in a wheelchair, we can have our own business and get our nails done like anyone else.”

Although Walmart did not comment on the nail salon’s denial of service because of Peters’ disability, it did mention Harris’ act of kindness.

"Ebony simply wanted to make sure our customer’s day was special, and that’s the kind of person she is -- someone with a wonderful attitude who goes the extra mile each day to make those around her feel important. We're not surprised at her act of kindness. Her service to customers defines the spirit of Walmart, and we couldn’t be more proud,” the company said in a statement to ABC News.