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A Gift Card For A Guy On The Street


--by fsmall52, posted May 6, 2014
Last week someone gave me a $20 Au Bon Pain gift card. Today I passed it on to a man who sells "Spare Change News" on a busy street corner near my workplace. I introduced myself and explained that I don't buy "Spare Change News" because I don't read it. He responded by saying that I always rush by him and that he thought I didn't like him.

Delighted by the gift card, he says he doesn't need that much. Joking, I pointed out that I can't cut it (pantomiming scissors) to reduce its value. I said, "It's for all the issues of "Spare Change News" that I don't buy." I promised to say hello from now on when I see him!
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Readers Comments

cf wrote: It can be a bit of a challenge to interact with people outside our own crowd. Glad you met the challenge!
nesye23 wrote: That is a nice kindness!

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