Random acts of kindness
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
I was at the farmer's market Monday, my routine grocery shopping day, and something really cool happened.
I know the owner of the establishment from seeing and talking with him over the years I've shopped there so we've built a bit of a rapport. He once gave me a free bag of groceries for giving him a copy of the dj mix I did a while back. Monday, as I was checking out, I noticed loaves of flavored bread on the counter, next to the checkout registers. I had spoken to him earlier when I spotted him since I hadn't seen him in so long, so as he came over to check me out we talked some more. I told him the bread smelled nice and then put it down because I didn't intend to buy it -- since they all contained partially hydrogenated oil, haha. He noticed one of the ears of corn I picked up looked kind of bad and told me to get another one, so I ended up getting a free ear of corn. But then! But then he told me to pick out one of the loaves of bread on the counter because he was going to give it to me! Wow, I couldn't believe that. He said he had an ulterior motive: to get me hooked so I would buy more next time, heh. But still, it was a nice thing to do that he didn't have to do. I've eaten a few slices of the bread and it is good -- despite the hydrogenation :).
Sometimes I can't help but notice kind acts people do, for me and others. I wonder if it's true what "they" say, that your kindness will be rewarded. I've done things for people before in the past, maybe the free food I've gotten at the farmer's market is mine. Hmm.
Oh, my friend Mike bought me lunch the other day for helping him set up his blog on my server; thanks Mike :)