FullMetal
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I would've offered to pay. |
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HOLA AMIGO!^_^
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I would Have payed for her, specially if she looked like a mother or wife.
Treat people right and you shall be treated the same by them when you are in need. |
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REVA M
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Probably neither, than again I only make 2000 dollars a year so I never have much money and this actually often me :( That's why I live in the dorm rooms at my university because it is either do that or live off food stamps as I already work all the hours I can handle with my double major. If I made more money though, and depending on the items, I'd pay. I once paid for a little kids water to go with his chips... |
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Paz
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Honestly.. nothing. I would be reading the magazine so i wouldnt have to pay for it. |
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Val
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I would have paid in a second and offered to help her out. Our society is too wrapped up with the me me me syndrome. You know how that extra few bucks or extra two minutes would really have affected your life, only in a positive way. |
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knarfwiz
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help to pay...have done it b4 and I hope someone would do it for me |
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madgic
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I don't have any money,
but if I did yeah. I think it'd be morally correct to.
It's not like you're giving that money to a person you see on the streets, who everybody assumes will only buy drugs with it. |
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star3143
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This obviously bothered you. Did it bother you b/c you didn't do anything? Do you feel bad that you just sat there like everyone else did? I'm poor. I'm a cocktail waitress, and can barely pay my rent. Would I have helped her out? Of course. I know that $10 will not make or break me. Just imagine how humiliated she was to put back a couple oranges and apples. She was buying FRUIT! NOT ALCOHOL! It pains me how cold people are sometimes. I hope you helped her out. |
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lally j
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if i had the money i would have given it to her. If she looks like she needs it yes... if she was buying junk food on the other hand i wouldnt you know??? veggies and fruits are more important. anywho the right thing to do would be to offer :) |
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ryshtyan
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The old me wouldn't have cared much about what the lady could afford or not. I certainly wouldn't have yelled at her, but wouldn't have done anything to help her either.
I've had somewhat of a spiritual turnabout, so if that situation happened again, and I had the extra funds to help her out, maybe. Each situation is different, but am starting to believe more and more now that helping another person, no matter what the circumstance, is always a good thing to do, but only if we can do it.
I wouldn't feel bad as you didn't think of it at the time. You didn't yell at her, which is great. Too many people are too impatient and likely would either roll their eyes at the lady, do a rude sigh, or something to that degree, which I find is distasteful. The lady probably underestimated the total cost of everything and had to compromise. We've all been there. I've had to do it and I've seen it done. It happens. No biggie. |
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James M
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i wouldnt now what to do. i ould if i had alot of money but if i only had a little i would ignore her |
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lolly
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I do that all the time. It is just easier than adding it up as you go. Don't assume that she is poor, she may have just had a set limit she decided she didn't want to go over. I wouldn't immediately assume that she needed help. All the time I go to the grocery store with only 15 or 20 dollars and as I shop it gets hard to work out 100% accurately what you are up to. So when I get to the registers I just wait and if it goes over I take a few things back out. But I in no way would expect or even want anyone else in line to help me out or pay for it. |
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rayt721
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Depending on how much money I had, I might even slip her a few extra bucks with a smile and a "Merry Christmas." It's one thing to throw money into a kettle outside of a store and not know where the money is going and another to help someone who needs it. Just because a person is poorly dressed doesn't always mean they are poor. I know very wealthy people that "fit in" by looking poor. People with money sometimes have money because they don't part with it. But, tis the season!!! |
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grandma
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I would have put back something of mine and paid for hers. |
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tigraparati
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If it were a week that I could afford to do it I would. If I didn't have any extra money then I couldn't. But instead of embarassing her there I would have had the cashier ring up those items on my transaction and then ran out to give it to her.. |
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p h
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I would have paid it. |
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none
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If I was wealthy, I would definitely help her out and pay for her groceries. I feel sorry for people like that. That might be all the food the poor lady would have for a while and she had to put some back since she couldn't afford it. I definitely would not yell at her though, that would just be rude and I'm not a rude person at all. |
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pdl756
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The right thing to do would have been to offer to help her pay for her food. She's probably on a limited fixed income and only buying what she needs to get by. Yelling at her is definitely out of the question. That would only make things worse for an already embarrassing (for her) situation. |
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girlpower
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i would pay for her. i always believe that god made a mistake by giving some people more than what others have. Inequality is what causes all the problem in the world. :) |
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