Cashier Kindness

Hi Scott,

How fantastic that you shouted that guy his meal! I was myself behind a lady in the queue at Coles recently and saw she had her groceries scanned and bagged, and for good measure her son had started tucking into some snacks from the bags. She then realised that her card was not in her wallet, and started fretfully taking the bags back out of the trolley. Without hesitation I handed my card over to the cashier to pay for the lady’s shopping, and I would not allow her to pay me back either. Best $70 I’ve ever spent, helping out a fellow mum during a crappy part.

Melanie

Hi Melanie,

One night I went to a chew-and-spew and found that I’d forgotten my wallet.

It was chopsticks at midnight over an $18 pad thai … I seriously thought the restaurant owner was going to call the cops on me. (And it would have been much worse if my little tacker was tucking into some san choy bau!)

So I can completely understand how that woman was feeling.

Today we rush around so much that occasionally you forget your wallet … and isn’t it nice that for that woman, at that moment, you were there as a smiling face?

The truth that all givers know is that the giver always gets the most out of it.

Hopefully she went home and explained to her kid that even in this day and age of division … isn’t it good to know that there are good people who can help?

(Unlike the owner of the  Chinese restaurant … a big chop-suey to you, Mel!)

Scott