Day 29
Jan 29,
2014
My first:
I paid for the lunch of the person behind me at Taco Bell.
I went to
Taco Bell to pay for the lunch of the person behind me in the drive-through at
Taco Bell. I really didn't want anything for myself, but I was going to order
something so it wouldn't look so obvious and premeditated. Of all things, the
order taker machine was not coming on and no one was speaking to me to take my
order. I waited and waited and was saying hello, hello. Still no one spoke. I
told the lady that was behind me that the machine was not working and that I
was going to go up to the window.
When I
arrived at the window, I told the manager that was running it at the time that
the order taker machine was not working. He checked out a few things and
finally realized that it was turned off by mistake. He politely asked me what I
wanted. I proceeded to tell him that I really didn’t want anything, but just
wished to pay for the woman’s order that was behind me. I handed him a 10
dollar bill and said that I trusted him to do this for me. He assured me (word
of God and everything) that he would do as I asked.
I left
feeling a little bit disenchanted about my kind gesture because of the hassle
with the order taker machine. But to counteract that feeling, I started
thinking of what could possibly happen in that woman’s life. Maybe she was
having a hassle-filled day and this “gift” was just the ticket to get her back
on the loving track! I will probably never know, but I can still dream of the
goodness that could grow from a simple 10 dollar bill.
As a side
note, I started out my day thinking that I would go the whole day without
cursing. Oh well…not so easy! I’ll have to do that one over some other day and
say a morning prayer to God to help me with this one. I didn't realize how much
of a habit I have here when things don’t go my way. Imagine that!
No comments:
Post a Comment