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12-12-2006, 01:51 PM
"25 CENTS"
Last Friday I stopped by a convenience store for a Mountain Dew and a Little Debbie
zebra cake.
The check-out person tried to scan the items, but they wouldn't scan so she manually
entered the prices. I noticed that she only charged me 25 cents for the cake when it was
50 cents for the larger size.
For a second I thought, "It's only a quarter; what's the big deal?" But I couldn't do that,
so I pointed out that she under charged me.
She looked shocked that I spoke up; I guess because the error was to the store's disadvantage.
She smiled and said, "Thank you for being honest." I walked out feeling a little lighter.
When I got outside, a man approached me and stopped me. He said that he had had a bad
day and felt that the world was full of bad and dishonest people. But he was behind me in line and
heard me correct the lady and that because of my actions he knew that there were honest people
in this world. He blessed me and walked to his car.
Now 25 cents is not much, it will no longer even buy a phone call; but last Friday, 25 cents
bought something that was priceless.
That was a MountainWings moment!
~A MountainWings Original by Kitty Walker
Last Friday I stopped by a convenience store for a Mountain Dew and a Little Debbie
zebra cake.
The check-out person tried to scan the items, but they wouldn't scan so she manually
entered the prices. I noticed that she only charged me 25 cents for the cake when it was
50 cents for the larger size.
For a second I thought, "It's only a quarter; what's the big deal?" But I couldn't do that,
so I pointed out that she under charged me.
She looked shocked that I spoke up; I guess because the error was to the store's disadvantage.
She smiled and said, "Thank you for being honest." I walked out feeling a little lighter.
When I got outside, a man approached me and stopped me. He said that he had had a bad
day and felt that the world was full of bad and dishonest people. But he was behind me in line and
heard me correct the lady and that because of my actions he knew that there were honest people
in this world. He blessed me and walked to his car.
Now 25 cents is not much, it will no longer even buy a phone call; but last Friday, 25 cents
bought something that was priceless.
That was a MountainWings moment!
~A MountainWings Original by Kitty Walker