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 once paid for a woman’s bill at the vet…it wasn’t a big one, but she was trying to pay for some medication for her dog, and her card was declined. And her lip started trembling, and she says “I don’t get paid until Tuesday, would he be ok until then?”
So I just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there.
And I don’t care if it was a scam or not. Just do nice things for people sometimes.
I did this at a place I used to work at. A couple came in to pay for fuel and their card was declined and because I knew the drill and it was like, $30, I just went over and offered to pay. They took me up on it (after trying another card) and got my details, promising to pay me back in a few days. And my boss came over later and was like “You know you’re never going to see that money again.” And I just…that’s not why I did it? These people were stressed tf out because they’d already filled up and if they couldn’t pay, our store contacts the police. For thirty freaking bucks. And my boss just could not understand why I didn’t care that a couple of strangers in a fix might never pay me back for being fucking nice. Like, what kind of world do people live in, that being nice to people is falling for someone’s scam???
(As a sidenote though, three days later, they came by my place and paid me back, and as long as I live, I will treasure my boss’s face when I told him about it.)
This actually reminds me of a time I wanted to give a spare water I had to a homeless guy we were driving past in the summer cause like heat and stuff, and this person I know told me not to cause the guy might try and get money out of me by sueing, claiming I gave him poison.
Cynicism is becoming real popular these days
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