by AURELIA on Aug 29, 2009

I went grocery shopping today. Isn't it always the way that when it's time to pay all of a sudden the lines are long? I saw one that wasn't too long and quickly jumped into it.

I started loading up my things onto the belt. I had a ton of groceries. As I was loading, I happened to look behind me and saw an elderly couple with a few toys. I told them that they could go ahead of me. They couldn't thank me enough because they were on their way to their great grandchild's birthday party.

As I continued to unload my groceries onto the belt I heard someone ask, "Miss, would you mind if I went ahead of you also?" I took a deep breath and said "Sure, you can go ahead of me". I smiled and thought to myself "if he asked he must have to be getting home for some reason."

I'd almost unloaded all of my groceries onto the belt when I noticed a young couple with a newborn baby crying like mad. All they had were diapers and a few baby things in their wagon, so I asked them if they would like to go ahead of me too. They gladly accepted my offer.

After them, it was finally my turn ... phew. It felt good to offer to two and have patience for one ;-) Could I have said "No, I'm in a hurry" when my conscience was telling me to offer for them to go ahead of me? I'm glad I followed my heart and said "sure, you can go ahead of me."

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