...and his heart grew 3 sizes that day.
Warning emo post ahead.
I admit it, I've been a bit of a Grinch this year because life has kinda kicked me in the teeth the last couple of months. I finally felt some "christmas magic" today. I was picking up a few things at Walmart this morning and the little old lady in front of me was taking forever. I wasn't really paying attention. Then I saw what was going on. She had a buggy with a few children's toys and art supplies. In her hand was some crumpled dollars. She was trying to pay for 38.16 purchase with 30 dollars in cash and a debit card that would not go through even though she promised the cashier that there was 20 dollars in the account over and over.
As the transaction kept failing again and again she kept pleading and I saw tears start to well up in her eyes. It was literally breaking my heart to watch this. The cashier told her that she had to put something back and then she said "I don't know how to decide which one of my grandkids won't get a christmas present". The tears on her face were obvious then and that's when I noticed one on my cheek too. I couldn't stand to watch it anymore. I told her to put everything back in the cart because it was on me,not to worry about and I wished her a merry christmas. Then she started balling and and saying thank you and gave me a big hug which made me feel a little awkward. Then I saw that the cashier was crying and so were the people behind me. It was surreal, liked I'd stepped out of some Hallmark movie. I guess I was supposed to meet that lady today.
People out there treat each other so horribly, I don't get it. I don't ever wanna be that guy.
Merry Christmas
I admit it, I've been a bit of a Grinch this year because life has kinda kicked me in the teeth the last couple of months. I finally felt some "christmas magic" today. I was picking up a few things at Walmart this morning and the little old lady in front of me was taking forever. I wasn't really paying attention. Then I saw what was going on. She had a buggy with a few children's toys and art supplies. In her hand was some crumpled dollars. She was trying to pay for 38.16 purchase with 30 dollars in cash and a debit card that would not go through even though she promised the cashier that there was 20 dollars in the account over and over.
As the transaction kept failing again and again she kept pleading and I saw tears start to well up in her eyes. It was literally breaking my heart to watch this. The cashier told her that she had to put something back and then she said "I don't know how to decide which one of my grandkids won't get a christmas present". The tears on her face were obvious then and that's when I noticed one on my cheek too. I couldn't stand to watch it anymore. I told her to put everything back in the cart because it was on me,not to worry about and I wished her a merry christmas. Then she started balling and and saying thank you and gave me a big hug which made me feel a little awkward. Then I saw that the cashier was crying and so were the people behind me. It was surreal, liked I'd stepped out of some Hallmark movie. I guess I was supposed to meet that lady today.
People out there treat each other so horribly, I don't get it. I don't ever wanna be that guy.
Merry Christmas