Don't Rush to Judge

"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."

Did you miss the moral of the story?

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 away.

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 mad e a st upid 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< FONT c olor=black> 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 a s 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!!!

The moral of the story is that this doesn't happen and people are to involved in their own lives to think about other people.

The moral of the story is that the government has to force us to give up our money to help the needy because people won't do it of their own freewill.

What does that make the government except thieves, robbers, and criminals? Taking someone's money against his will is a crime if done by anyone besides the government hoodlums who revel in their unfettered power over the poor working taxpayers of America.

It would be nice if something like that actually happened.....but i doubt it.

But you would do it, wouldn't you, Robin?

Who's Robin?