My wife was in the checkout line at a local store behind two well dressed ladies. When the cashieer asked them if the wanted to donate their change to a local veterans fund raiser, they both declined with distast. While the ladies were gathering their items from their several hundred dollar purchase, the clerk ask my wife, and bless her, she said that she would love to donate her change as well as five more dollars. As my wife was bagging up her items the lady behind my wife also donated five, and the one behind her gave ten.
My understanding is if you leave a can of something in the wrong place they put it back but perishable items or bulk items (which the customer necessarily handled) have to be discarded. So we all end up paying. I was once in a department store, with a long line. They opened another register a little distance away. I headed over and two ladies, clearly mother and daughter, got there first. The cashier turned first to me. I told her these ladies are ahead of me. I still wonder if there was some racial profiling (they were African-American, I'm white) or just an honest mistake. Regardless, they were first.
True, although, I've also heard of the "feel" test for refrigerated items. If it still feels at least somewhat cold, it goes back on the shelf. Doesn't seem right, I know, but it "does" happen.
People leaving shopping carts in the middle of the parking lot is a pet peeve of mine, so I will often gather up multiple carts and take them to the appropriate cart return. Anyone else do this?
I worked at a grocery store in college and I completely agree with you. I also thought it was rude when someone would put one of those recyclable bags full of stuff they got around the store on the conveyor belt and want me to grab every item out of it to scan. Pretty rude.
Me too. As someone who used to gather up carts for a grocery store, it's rude to leave the carts all over the place. Makes cart attendants jobs a hell of a lot harder.
I have done that on occasion. I've secretly wanted to, just once, operate one of those cart pushing machines...and get them all safely back to home base.
Maybe a good thing to do might be to start collecting shampoo, toiletries, etc. during hotel stays, purchase personal-sized items from the dollar store, then throw together some "care packages" for those who want/need them at the stoplights.
I know you were joking, but I wonder percentage of those sign-wielding folks are "legitimately" in need?
BenDavis503 told me he beat up a homeless guy outside a 7-11 just to help him see the error of his ways. Now THAT's kindness.
