A Kid with Manners, and a Kid Without
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AKA: How I (Possibly) Got Hustled By A 6 Year Old
So, for my lunch break I decided to go put gas in my car and get some lunchables from the gas station down the street from my office. While I was in the store, there were three black kids, obviously brothers trying to pick out stuff. They ended up in front of me in the line, and they didn't have enough money to get everything they wanted, they were a dollar short. The littlest of the kids turned around and looked at me and asked, "Do you have a dollar I could have ma'am?" I told him that I didn't yet, but if I checked out I would have a dollar he could have.
Lunchables are amazing. I eat them for lunch all the time even though I'm grown up.
So, I checked out and as the lady was bagging my items, the middle aged said in the nastiest tone I have ever heard come out of a child, "NOW do you have a dollar?"
I seriously considered not giving the kids a dollar after all because of the middle childs tone, but I turned around and gave it to the kid who had polietly asked for it in the first place. As the child was opening his mouth to thank me, the middle kid said, "Man, don't thank her, did you see how much cash she had?" and took the dollar from the littlest and pushed past me in the line. I rolled my eyes and continued outside to pump my gas.
While pumping my gas, I saw them exit the gas station, and the two older kids were walking away with their snacks. The little kid looked at me and yelled at his brothers, "I have to get my bike!" His older brothers didn't even turn around to look and see where he was going.
He then turned around and ran directly at me where I was pumping my gas, and gave me a hug around my legs and said, "Thanks for the dollar."
He was so cute and so adorable that I reached into my back pocket where I had the other two dollars that were my change and gave them to him. I told him not to let his brother take them and to stay as sweet as he is today.
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