Cashier Laughed At Old Woman Counting Pennies So I Did Something That Got Me Arrested

“Ma’am, you’re twenty-three cents short.” The cashier was maybe nineteen. Rolling her eyes. Sighing loudly. “There’s a line.”

“I’m sorry,” the old woman whispered. “I thought I had enough. Let me count again.”

Someone behind me groaned. “Come on, lady. Some of us have places to be.”

The old woman’s shoulders started shaking. She was crying. Crying over a $2.49 loaf of bread she couldn’t afford. Crying while a store full of people watched and nobody helped.

That’s when the cashier laughed. Actually laughed. “Maybe try the food bank next time, hon.”Continue reading…