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Showing Original Post only (View all)Reinforcing moment in the checkout line [View all]
I was third in line. First in line was a young woman with a small child, maybe 18 months old. When everything in the cart had been scanned, the total clearly upset her. It was the end of the month and her EBT card was about empty. She apologized to those of us in line behind as she decided which items she was going to abandon. I reached for my debit card to cover any shortfall but the woman in front of me beat me to the punch and put it on her card. So I gave the woman in front some cash from my wallet to cover half. There are some good people out there who believe in paying it forward and helping our neighbors even if they are strangers.
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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