I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said “let me call my husband real quick” and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `”You know that was probably a scam, right?” and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you’re “scamming” me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money.
“A scam” people are fucking wild.
This happened to me, too. A woman had used WIC for the majority of her stuff (which I say from personal experience is such a long and embarrassing process) and to buy the remainder of her groceries, which included diapers and wipes, she used a card, and it got declined. I bought the other $30 of her groceries because hey, I’ve been there, and now I’m not. She was extremely emotional and began to cry and even hugged me. My mom called me on the drive home and could tell I had been crying myself, asked what was wrong, and when I told her what happened, she berated me for being “duped.” I couldn’t believe she could be so disappointed in one of her children for doing something- nice? Is that the hill you want to die on? Getting mad about people needing groceries?
I know! Recently I saw a man standing with a “homeless, anything helps” sign and it was like God was poking me and saying I ought to give him the ten in my pocket, so I did. And I didn’t tell anyone about it because they’d say I got scammed. But you know what? It was ten dollars, and I gave it to someone else, and if I lost it then I lost it. I’d rather give to someone who doesn’t need it than let myself become cold and lose compassion.
Same happened last night, I gave a homeless dude a pasta and half a pizza I’d gotten, and gave the rest to my friend when he came over that night (turns out it was a good idea, he’d had a shit day).
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