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I just got back from paying my utility bill (Where I disarm, because there's a part-time Municipal court and cashier, even if no one cares, and wouldn't know anyway,) and stopping at Walgreens.

Thought I'd share an amusing thing.

After utility bill, back in the car, I re-holstered, and my Tee-shirt hung up on the grip of my Glock, but I adjusted it ok.
Got out at Walgreens, re-checked my Tee Shirt, ok.

At Walgreens I was in back of the line at cashier, set my milk down and grabbed some stuff at their impulse display area.
All of a sudden, in front of me were two teen girls and their mom who weren't there before.
(My attention was on ice cream, and an armload of stuff I got)
One said "Mom, he's in front of us" so they said "go ahead"
I said no, y'all go ahead, I just got ice cream and it needs to soften a while anyway, besides, I had 2 packs of balloons and I must have dropped one, so I need to go look for it.
Immediately I found it at the end of the line behind them.
(They got behind me insisting I go ahead.)
I put the other pack of balloons on the counter and one teen and I looked at the floor behind me at the same time and there was a ten dollar bill on the floor behind me.
The teen said "did you drop that too?"
I said nope, I only had a Twenty and a Five when I walked in here that I got in change from when I paid my utility bill minutes ago, and that's what I still have.
So the teen picked it up.
I said it might belong to the people in the other line with their backs to us.
The cashier said I could have said I dropped it too and kept it, but I told her all that mattered was it wasn't mine, so I don't want it.

As the cashier was ringing up my items, I was about to swipe my credit card and she said
"Don't swipe your card yet, let me look at something"
She pulled out a coupon book I hadn't seen, and scanned some coupons of stuff I bought.
Guess how much the coupons (which I didn't know about) saved me?
Ten Dollars.

(All that squatting and bending and no one noticed my big Glock and spare 20 round mag though.)

True story, happened less than an hour ago,

RPB wrote:True story, happened less than an hour ago,

Good story. One good turn deserves another.

My boss told me a similar story today. He was travelling through Georgia late one night and stopped in a restuarant to get some food. After he ate dinner he went up to the counter to pay, and the cashier pointed to a man and said "There's no charge, he paid for your dinner." He went over to the man and said "Thank you, but I'll pay for my own dinner." The man said "No, I'll pay for your dinner. Just remember to help someone."

My boss said "Thank you" and went on his way. The next day when he was grocery shopping he was in line to pay for his groceries and stood behind a man with a young son. The boy was asking his dad if he could buy some gum, but the father said "No, I don't have enough." When the man opened up his wallet to pay my boss saw that he only had $3 in his wallet. So my boss bought some gum with his groceries.

My boss asked the father if he could give the gum to his son. The father said that it was okay. My boss told the boy that he could have the gum if he made a promise - to help someone. The boy made the promise and took the gum.

Instant Karma

Good story. When you do the honest thing, good things happen. Many times it may not be as obvious as in your case, but no one ever regrets doing the right thing, at least not in the long term. Perhaps in the short term, but definitely not in the long term.

Great story.

GREAT STORY!

This is What God intended

RPB, this speaks volumes about your character. It's refreshing to see...*salute*

Honesty is always the best policy.

Honesty like that should be encouraged; I see much less of it than should exist. Kudos to the cashier, and I hope it brightened your day to know that someone else appreciates your integrity.

It is always best to be honest about things like this. Like in your story it comes back to you when you are.

Honesty, manners, respect, consideration and a little forebearance (we all mess up now and again, too...) all go a loooong way towards making this world a better place and our daily lives more enjoyable.

Great story.

Jeff B.

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