I don't know if this is true but it does follow the meaning of Christmas. I want all of you to know I am glad I have gotten to know you here. I have met some of you and talked with some of you on the phone. Some of you have tried to help me get work and you don't really know me other than here or on the phone. This place has made that possible. So for me this has been a positive place in spite of our spirited debates in the lineman's forum. I don't think badly of anyone with a different opinion. I am hoping all have a Merry Christmas. I am hoping for a good day for everyone. If you make a trip to Alaska I certainly wish you will let me know in advance so I can help make your trip a good one.
Merry Christmas
Doug
Never judge someone...
> >
> > 'Some people!' snorted a man standing
> > behind me in the long line at the grocery store.
> >
> > 'You would think the manager would pay attention and open another
> > line, 'said a woman..
> >
> > I looked to the front of the line to see
> > what the hold up was and saw a well dressed, young
> > woman, trying to get the machine to accept her credit card. No
> > matter how many times she swiped it, the machine kept rejecting
> > it.
> >
> > 'It's one of them welfare card things. Damn people
> > need to get a job like everyone else,' said the man standing
> > behind me.
> >
> > The young woman turned around to see who had made the comment..
> >
> > It was me,' he said, pointing to himself.
> >
> > The young lady's face began to change expression.
> > Almost in tears, she dropped the welfare card onto
> > the counter and quickly walked out of the store. Everyone
> > in the checkout line watched as she began running to
> > her car.
> > Never looking back, she got in and drove way.
> >
> > After developing cancer in 1977 and having had to use
> > Food stamps; I had learned never to judge anyone, without knowing the
> > circumstances of their life. This turned out to be the case today.
> >
> > Several minutes later a young man walked into the
> > store. He went up to the cashier and asked if she had seen
> > the woman. After describing her, the cashier told him that she
> > had run out of the store, got into her car, and drove away.
> >
> > 'Why would she do that?' asked the man. Everyone in
> > the line looked around at the fellow who had made the
> > Statement. 'I made a stupid comment about
> > the Welfare card she was using.
> > Something I shouldn't have said. I'm sorry,' said the man.
> >
> > 'Well, that's bad, real bad, in fact. Her brother was killed in
> > Afghanistan two years ago. He had three young children and she has
> > taken on that responsibility. She's twenty years old, single,
> > and now has three children to support,' he said in a very firm
> > voice.
> >
> > 'I'm really truly sorry. I didn't know,' he replied,
> > Shaking both his hands about.
> >
> > The young man asked, 'Are these paid for?' pointing to
> > The shopping cart full of groceries.
> > 'It wouldn't take her card' the clerk told him.
> >
> > 'Do you know where she lives?' asked the man who had
> > made the comment.
> >
> > 'Yes, she goes to our church.'
> >
> > 'Excuse me,' he said as he made his way to the
> > front of the line. He pulled out his wallet, took out his
> > Credit card and told the cashier, 'Please use my card.
> > PLEASE!' The clerk took his credit card and began to ring up the
> > young woman's groceries.
> >
> > Hold on,' said the gentleman. He walked
> > back to his shopping cart and began loading his own
> > groceries onto the belt to be included. 'Come on people. We got three>
> > kids to help raise!' he told everyone in line.
> >
> > Everyone began to place their groceries onto the fast
> > moving belt. A few customers began bagging the food and placing it into
> > separate carts. 'Go back and get two big turkeys,' yelled a
> > heavyset woman, as she looked at the man.
> >
> > 'NO,' yelled the man. Everyone stopped dead in their
> > tracks. The entire store became quiet for several seconds.
> > 'Four turkeys,' yelled the man. Everyone began laughing and
> > went back to work.
> >
> > When all was said and done, the man paid a total
> > of $1,646.57 for the groceries. He then walked over to
> > the side, pulled out his check book, and began writing a
> > check using the bags of dog food piled near the front of the
> > store for a writing surface. He
> > turned around and handed the check to the
> > young man.
> > 'She will need a freezer and a few other things as
> > well,' he told the man.
> >
> > The young man looked at the check
> > and said, 'This is really very generous of you.'
> >
> > 'No, ' said the man. 'Her brother was the generous one.'>
> > Everyone in the store had been observing the odd commotion and began
> > to clap. And I drove home that day feeling very American. We live in the Land of the free, because of the Brave!!
> >
> > Remember our Troops of Yesterday and Today!!!
> > A great example of why we should be kind
> > and patient. Kindness is the language the blind can see and the
> > deaf can hear.
> > May God's many blessings continue to be with you - ALWAYS!!!
Another good story.......
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