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In reply to the discussion: Reinforcing moment in the checkout line [View all]JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)21. The self checkout makes it even worse.
I was at the grocery store when a young woman with a couple of kids put her stuff through the self checkout and didn't have enough money to pay the bill. The clerk overseeing things didn't know what to do, but then there was sort of a stampede of customers wanting to pay the difference. Must have been close to a dozen of us. It actually became sort of comedic. "Here, take this. No, no, let me."
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Society can be decent but there are obnoxious individuals who poison everything around them.
erronis
May 2015
#31
Even so, it's very American. Maybe a dog-eat-dog society (thanks to its government)
Joe Chi Minh
May 2015
#34
I am not sure lots knows what it means to play it forward and normally it happens to the one behind
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#2
I think the expression is 'pay it forward' and it's from a movie where someone does something for
freshwest
May 2015
#44
You're correct that some would refuse, but a mother would not be so quick
No Vested Interest
May 2015
#40
I actually think there are a lot of good people out there. The problem comes in recognizing need
jwirr
May 2015
#6
I've done such things and I'll bet that every DUer worth their salt has done the same.
BlueJazz
May 2015
#26
i think this is the upside with the net. i am hearing more of these stories told. part of the pass
seabeyond
May 2015
#30