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Only at the Dollar Store...  

secret_lade 49F
14097 posts
10/19/2020 11:05 pm
Only at the Dollar Store...


Can you stop in to by toilet paper and snack food and leave contemplating the meaning of life.

It's a given.

I told the Spawn I was going to stop at the dollar store after the gym to pick up some TP and she jumped at the chance to come also.

"Oh, dollar store! Can I come?? Dad gave me $20."

"Sure, if you want to sit in the car for an hour."

"I'll bring my phone."

The convenient thing about this dollar store is that it's RIGHT around the corner from the gym I go to.

And....

I can be a little gross and<b> sweaty </font></b>and still feel like I belong. I blend right in with Cat Hair Lady in the Health and Beauty isle and White Trash Family ransacking the rest of the store.

We were waiting in line when I realized I recognized the guy who was at the register in front of us.

The years had not been kind him....

Growing up he had been someone I'd always had a crush on and it was hard believe that he and I were basically the same age. He'd been the first boy kind of flirt with , way back in the ninth grade, when he somehow managed unscrew a screw from the bus wall and hand it , saying... "Wanna screw?"

And now, here he was, haggling with the cashier about what put back because he didn't have enough cash, he was short by a dollar something.

"I've got dollar, don't put it bac"

The Spawn was in front of , so I handed her a dollar and some change and she handed it the cashier.

"Hey, thank you, I really appreciate that."

"No problem."

Which brings the contemplating part....

What if, back in the day, I had gone on a date with him when he asked out. Would his life have changed for the better? Would mine have changed for the worse? Or, would everything have turned out exactly as it has?

Personally, I think everything happens for a reason.... So, regardless of what I did back then, everything would have turned out exactly as it has.

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/21/2020 3:36 am

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    that's a good pay it forward story

    hmm

    thanks for sharing

    Rick Springfield - "Pay It Forward"

    Not much in common for you and me
    But the upside is we can celebrate differently
    Ain't worth the drama ain't rocket science
    If we begin with love we can make it unconditionally
    If you've taken a look at the News at Nine
    Opened the Book and you've seen the signs
    You've gotta believe its time to
    Give it away give it away darling don't hold on tight when we
    Can
    Give it away on every corner try to make this world much warmer
    Give it away give it away turn that great ship around, sail it
    Shoreward
    Just stand your ground and pay it forward
I love Rick Springfield.... Probably every woman my age does, though. LOL I don't really think of stuff like that as paying it forward, I think of it as just human kindness. If I have it, and I can afford it, I will help someone out in a pinch. Perhaps if we all did this for each other, the world would be a little better place.


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
10/20/2020 10:05 pm

that's a good pay it forward story

hmm

thanks for sharing

Rick Springfield - "Pay It Forward"

Not much in common for you and me
But the upside is we can celebrate differently
Ain't worth the drama ain't rocket science
If we begin with love we can make it unconditionally
If you've taken a look at the News at Nine
Opened the Book and you've seen the signs
You've gotta believe its time to
Give it away give it away darling don't hold on tight when we
Can
Give it away on every corner try to make this world much warmer
Give it away give it away turn that great ship around, sail it
Shoreward
Just stand your ground and pay it forward

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secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/20/2020 9:02 pm

    Quoting rickinmd45:
    Those "what if" conversations we have in our heads can drive us crazy sometimes.
Isn't that the truth!


rickinmd45 47M

10/20/2020 3:25 pm

Those "what if" conversations we have in our heads can drive us crazy sometimes.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/20/2020 2:17 pm

    Quoting citizen4722:
    Hindsight's a wonderful thing
    I can never remember which of our Supermarket's over here are part of the Walmart chain?
    I think it's Asda?
According to google it is Asda. I wonder if the patrons there are as outlandish as the walmart shoppers are, here...


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/20/2020 2:14 pm

    Quoting dogslife2live01:
    just think of her with a purple mohawk doing "customer service". it will make shopping at walmart a reason to smile
Most of the shopping I do at walmart is curbside pickup... I absolutely hate going into that store. The last thing I want to do is run into the Sea Hag and have to be nice to her. Ugh...


citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
10/20/2020 8:40 am

Hindsight's a wonderful thing
I can never remember which of our Supermarket's over here are part of the Walmart chain?
I think it's Asda?


dogslife2live01 71M

10/20/2020 6:00 am

just think of her with a purple mohawk doing "customer service". it will make shopping at walmart a reason to smile

there is a world of difference between insanity and stupidity


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/20/2020 3:34 am

    Quoting dogslife2live01:
    naaaaaaaaaaa it happens in Walmart as well
    and with longer lines you have more time to think and rethink
True, very true! LOL I try to avoid Walmart whenever possible.... Especially since my ex husband's girlfriend works there. She's definitely a People of Walmart. LOL


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
10/20/2020 3:27 am

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    Hmmm... That's deep.
    I think about shit like that all the time. Best I can figure out is, I wouldn't have taken that light, then I wouldn't have gotten that ticket then I wouldn't have been late for that physics exam then I would have had the time to finish question number 6 - which was worth 30% - and I probably would have passed.
    Or maybe not.
    That's as far as I get, then I just get too confused to figure out what happens next.
    😶❗❗❗
Unfortunately, I do this kind of stuff all the time too. Usually, it's the middle of the night when I can't sleep and I start thinking about all the questionable decisions I've made over the course of my lifetime....


dogslife2live01 71M

10/20/2020 3:07 am

naaaaaaaaaaa it happens in Walmart as well
and with longer lines you have more time to think and rethink

there is a world of difference between insanity and stupidity


Paulxx001 66M
22642 posts
10/19/2020 11:36 pm

Hmmm... That's deep.
I think about shit like that all the time. Best I can figure out is, I wouldn't have taken that light, then I wouldn't have gotten that ticket then I wouldn't have been late for that physics exam then I would have had the time to finish question number 6 - which was worth 30% - and I probably would have passed.
Or maybe not.
That's as far as I get, then I just get too confused to figure out what happens next.
😶❗❗❗


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