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Originally Posted by grannyshirl  DH was waiting for me to check out at Meijers today.
He saw a lady go to the self checkout. She did not scan anything but went to the end and started bagging her stuff and put the bags in a cart.
Finally the cashier noticed her and came over and said she needed to scan the groceries.The cashier scanned them .
Then the woman got out a card to scan and it would not work. I don't know if it was a credit card or a food stamp card. They only tried the one card.
We saw the lady leave empty handed as we were leaving.
Later I worried that maybe she needed groceries and had no money. I am upset that I didn't try to help her. I could have paid for some food for her.
I know she should not have tried to just bag stuff and not pay. I keep thinking maybe she had hungry kids at home. |
Doesn't that just break your heart?
I probably would have went over to ask if I could help scan her card and then put mine in it's place without them knowing (if I could scan it that fast and do the ol one two and slip hers back in my hand to hand back to her).
But, that would probably not pan out, and I would feel like an idiot if she got upset with me for doing that, or if the clerk said something..then it would embarass the lady..
But you never know.. I think that is why some people don't really help out others like they used to, for fear that someone with too much pride will cut them down or belittle them, becasue they feel bad about needing help. I understand it completely..but I wish sometimes that people who are in need would just realize.. I am blessed just as much as they are when they let me do something to help them.
In many ways, I wish I could be selfish like that much more than what I am allowed to be. I just thrive off of helping others out, especially financially or with food, etc. because of all of the ways I have been helped and given to by virtual strangers in my life.
So, I guess this is why I prefer to do it anonymously.