1:30AM at the Grocery Store
I'm in line getting some groceries at the 24-hour grocery up the road from me.
The woman in front of me looks to be about 72 years old, and very much reminds me so much my grandmother! Her bill was about 170 , she halls out a stack of $5.00 bills and is about 22.00 short. She starts trying to decide what she doesn't need and starts putting things back in her cart.
I felt so bad for this woman that I gave the cashier 25.00 and told the lady not to worry about it. She wanted my name, address, phone # to pay me back but I wanted nothing to do with it. I just told her that the next time she's in a restaurant, or coffeeshop, perhaps she can pay for someone's order behind her and just to pass it along.
She got all teary eyed and wanted to give me a hug, so I said "why not". :) It was a great hug, as if I was hugging my own grandmother.
This just made my day. And it also made me wonder why there was a 70 year old woman at the grocery store at 1:30am in the morning.
- Posted by davemurphy
- Sep 8, 2007
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