Random Act of Kindness, . .

. . . . sort of. Well it was.

I gave a guy a buck at Wal-Mart today. And it wasn't the Salvation Army guy either. The registers were screwed up and they couldn't take credit cards. It was cash or checks only. The guy in front of me didn't have a check and his purchases came to $110 and he only had $109, . . so I gave him a buck.
I know you're thinking, "Well, that was an act of kindness but it wasn't really random."
True.
It wasn't really kindness either. I just wanted to get the guy outta there so I could get my stuff paid for. The joke was kind of on me though because I didn't have enough cash to cover my purchases either (even if I'd hung onto the buck). I was with my wife but she decided to leave her pocketbook in the car because she didn't want to lug it around.
She had checks in it though.
So, . . I run through the parking lot like a speeding bullet. Well, I ran through the parking lot anyway. I get my wife's pocketbook and only briefly think about how weird it must look to see this guy running through the parking lot with a handbag, towards the store. But this is America so I'm not worried about anybody trying to stop me even if they couldn't figure out how weird this looked. No one did.
I get back inside and the registers are working again.

Merry Christmas.