Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Out of character?

Sometimes you have to go with instinct.
At the store on Sunday, while walking across the lot to Safeway to get my usual lunch (soup from the soup bar, sourdough roll, single-serve bottle of apple juice) I was approached by a woman asking for money for food. As usual, I politely declined without giving it much thought.
A few minutes later, while ladling out my soup into the to-go container, I had a second thought. After glancing out the door to see if she was still there, I dished up a second container of soup and then picked up an extra roll and juice. I went through the self-checkout line and bagged the two meals separately. When finished, I looked at the receipt and noted that the total was around $6 or $7--less even than a meal at an inexpensive sit-down restaurant like Taxi's.
I left the store, found the woman in the parking lot, and handed her one of the bags.
The look on her face was more than payment enough for the food.
|| Andrew, 10:29 AM || ||

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