Between The Teeth

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Axe The Kindness

The month of December is to be a month of doing for others. Going the extra mile for the smile of another. It is only the 1st of the month and my spirit of goodness has already been snuffed out.

Going for groceries today I had felt the spirit of giving. As always I left the grocery store, and went to put my cart back to recieve my looney refund. Something stop me and I thought, How many times I had no looney for the cart and was frustrated by the need for one, often having to dig through pockets and seats just to dig up enough change
for a damn grocery cart. I'm sure others have been there, so I pushed my cart to the side, leaving the looney within it, as a free cart for the poor soul like myself, who forgot their looney.
A lady passed by, as I began to walk away towards the van. She informed me to put my cart back to get my looney, as I seemed to have fogotten.
I didn't forget I informed her, it is December and that is my good deed for the day. I LEFT IT THERE SO SOMEONE MAY HAVE A FREE CART TODAY, as there is many a day I have no change myself.
The lady looked at me puzzled for a moment, walked up to my cart, plugged it in to the rest and placed the looney in her pocket and walked away.
I was pissed....I stood there in shock for a moment. Though my anger over took me and there I was yelling in a crowded parking lot. Merry F------ Christmas to you too lady. Looney thief, looney thief I yelled pointing at her.
She jumped into her new shiney SUV and drove off giving me a dirty look.
So I stood there, people passing me by, thinking I'm a looney, little realizing how society as crumbled my Christmas spirit to ashes, leaving me feeling very disturbed.

Later this evening at skating, I bought a coffee and told the clerk about the looney thief. I told her how I wished a chain reaction to the gift of kindness would spill over to the masses and with that I said, wouldn't it be great if all shoppers just for one day left their looney in the cart for the other guy.
She looked at me puzzled and said, ya just think how much money you could make that day if you plugged them all in!
Agghh.......
I turned and left, before, once again I found my self yelling looney thief, looney thief, Merry F------ Christmas to you too you greedy cow.

And that was that. How was your day?

2 Comments:

  • Just wanted to shre this with you...I was walking up the stairs to the "L" tracks (Chicago) when the guy in front of me dropped a dollar or more.
    so I scooped it up, and as we were entering the turn-stiles, I tapped him on the shoulder and said "you dropped this". Of course he took it without a thankyou, and the clerk was staring at me with a look on her face that said 'You Must be Crazy'. I actually felt embarrassed for what I had done. You're not the only one!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:59 PM  

  • Although I was angry at the lady, I realize my heart was tainted. As a gesture of true kindness has no strings attatched, no rules, and cannot be dictated to whom it is to benifit. I should have walked away quietly, thinking perhaps it made her day, and that was okay.

    Crystal

    By Blogger Unknown, at 9:36 PM  

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