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i offered to buy this old lady her groceries...

SandEagle

SandEagle

Lifer
so last night around midnight i was at walmart to get a few items. there was only one checkout lane open. i get there and this lady in front of me was price checking everything. the line started to grow. after 7 minutes or so, she tries a credit card. denied. second card. denied. she was frustrated as were others behind her. (i blame walmart for having only one lane open)

anyway, seeing as the total was under $40, i offered to pay for her stuff no strings attached. she hesitated, then politely declined and told the cashier to void everything and left. i am wondering if i embarrassed her by offering help? if u were in same situation, would u accept from a total stranger?

(* please leave stupid credit card jokes out of this, thanks)
 
The lady obviously was a teabagger.

j/k

I do not blame her, I would not be rude and I would thank you for your offer, but I'm also too prideful to accept help from non-relatives.
 
believe it or not its pretty hard to suck it up when someone offers to pay for something. then again there are people that are on the opposite end of the pole of this too.

i would have declined if for some reason it was me.
 
There is no freaking way I would accept anything like that from anybody, but I have paid for people's stuff before, or attempted to. My own hang-ups are no reason not to help others.

KT
 
you tried and that's what counts.

if you find that situation again, tell the person that you are repaying someone who helped you, by passing along the favor that the original person did for you.
 
SandEagle said:
so last night around midnight i was at walmart to get a few items. there was only one checkout lane open. i get there and this lady in front of me was price checking everything. the line started to grow. after 7 minutes or so, she tries a credit card. denied. second card. denied. she was frustrated as were others behind her. (i blame walmart for having only one lane open)

anyway, seeing as the total was under $40, i offered to pay for her stuff no strings attached. she hesitated, then politely declined and told the cashier to void everything and left. i am wondering if i embarrassed her by offering help? if u were in same situation, would u accept from a total stranger?

(* please leave stupid credit card jokes out of this, thanks)
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