Went out to dinner with the Greens and took a quick stop at Wawx for a smoothie. A teenage boy with his younger brother were standing in front of me trying to pay for their sandwiches and juice bottles with a card. The cashier asked how much he has in his card because it wouldn't go through. I wasn't aware of what's going on at first until I saw this little hand sticking inside the grocery bag taking out a bottle of juice. The older brother tried to slid his card again and the cashier repeated the same saying. This time, the teenager was a little frustrated because he thought there's enough money to pay for everything in his bag the second try. The cashier shook her head and almost instantly the little hand reached to the bag and took out the last bottle of juice.
I turned around and saw this little boy might just be the same age or a little older than Jady. My heart ache... how would I feel if they were my own children? I quickly asked the cashier how much they owed so I could help pay the rest. She said she wasn't able to figure out. I didn't want to see more food being taking away from their bag for there were only two sandwiches left. I told the cashier that I would pay for their food. The teenage boy stood there and didn't know how to react... I paid and told him to take the sandwiches with him.
I told Evan the incident this evening as we were making naan together because Johnny and I felt that he's been spending too much time on the computer looking for stuff to buy. I told him that we don't need much to be happy or to survive. We've been so blessed with abundance of goods while others are struggling with basic needs or just to get by. I hope he understands the lesson here and that he would be mindful in the future with what's essential and what's not.
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