Dont Judge People
‘Some people!’ snorted a man standing some distance behind me in the long
line at the grocery store.
‘You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line,
’said a woman. I looked to the front of the line to see what the hold up
was and saw a well dressed, young woman, trying to get the machine to
accept her credit card. No matter how many times she swiped it, the
machine kept rejecting it.
‘It’s one of them welfare card things. Damn people need to get a job like
everyone else,’ said the man standing behind me. The young woman turned
around to see who had made the comment. ‘It was me,’ he said, pointing
to himself.
The young lady’s face began to change expression. Almost in tears, she
dropped the welfare card onto the counter and quickly walked out of the
store. Everyone in the checkout line watched as she began running to her
car. Never looking back, she got in and drove away.
Several minutes later a young man walked into the store. He went up to the
cashier and asked if she had seen the woman. After describing her, the
cashier told him that she had run out of the store, got into her car, and
drove away.
‘Why would she do that?’ asked the man. Everyone in the line looked around
at the fellow who had made the statement. ‘I made a stupid comment about
the welfare card she was using. Something I shouldn’t have said. I’m
sorry,’ said the man.
‘Well, that’s bad, real bad, in fact. Her brother was killed in
Afghanistan two years ago. He had three young children and she has taken
on that responsibility. She’s twenty years old, single, and now has three
children to support,’ he said in a very firm voice.
‘I’m really truly sorry. I didn’t know,’ he replied, shaking both his
hands about.
The young man asked, ‘Are these paid for?’ pointing to the shopping cart
full of groceries. ‘It wouldn’t take her card,’ the clerk told him.
‘Do you know where she lives?’ asked the man who had made the comment.
‘Yes, she goes to our church.’
‘Excuse me,’ he said as he made his way to the front of the line. He
pulled out his wallet, took out his credit card and told the cashier,
‘Please use my card.
PLEASE!’ The clerk took his credit card and began to ring up the young
woman’s groceries.
Hold on,’ said the gentleman. He walked back to his shopping cart and
began loading his own groceries onto the belt to be included. ‘Come on
people. We got three kids to help raise!’ he told everyone in line.
Everyone began to place their groceries onto the fast moving belt. A few
customers began bagging the food and placing it into separate carts. ‘Go
back and get two big turkeys,’ yelled a heavyset woman, as she looked at
the man. ‘NO,’ yelled the man. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. The
enti re store became quiet for several seconds. ‘Four turkeys,’ yelled the
man. Everyone began laughing and went back to work.
When all was said and done, the man paid a total of $1,646.57 for the
groceries. He then walked over to the side, pulled out his check book,
and began writing a check using the bags of dog food piled near the front
of the store for a writing surface. He turned around and handed the check
to the young man.
‘She will need a freezer and a few other things as well,’ he told the man.
The young man looked at the check and said, ‘This is really very generous
of you.’
‘No,’ said the man. ‘Her brother was the generous one.’
Everyone in the store had been observing the odd commotion and began to
clap. And I drove home that day feeling very American.
We live in the Land of the free, because of the Brave!!! Remember our
Troops of Yesterday and Today!!!
A great example of why we should be kind and patient.
Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear.
Never judge someone…until you have walked a mile in their shoes.
May God’s many blessings continue to be with you - ALWAYS!! !
MAY THIS KEEP GOING….IT MAY OPEN A LOT OF EYES, HOPEFULLY HEARTS, AND
KEEP SOME MOUTHS SHUT.
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I recieved this story in an e-mail today and I felt that it would be appropriate to post it here. I dont care what someones opinion is on the Wars in Iraq or Afghanistan everyone should remember one thing. The soldiers are doing their job. They may not want to be there but they are doing it anyways. I think that the number one thing anyone can do even if you dont agree with the wars going on is to support our troops. Treat them with the respect they deserve for serving our country.
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