[quote=outtamojo]I was grocery shopping with my daughter the other day and at the checkout stand, they could not figure out the price for a small tub of cotton candy my daughter wanted. The checkout lady says “how about I just charge you 2 bucks for this?”
2 bucks seemed kinda high for me, seemed more like a 99 cent tub so I started negotiating with the lady. This geezer dude behind me then throws down 2 bucks and says very loudly ” HERE,HERE’S 2 BUCKS”. I say no and instruct the clerk to just add it to
my Amex and I leave without looking at or acknowledging the guy cause I was kinda afraid of what I might say or do in front of my sweet 7 year old daughter. Should I have not felt so angry when my daughter asked why is he paying and we didn’t have to get the cotton candy if we didn’t have enough money? Would this geezer have thought to throw down 2 bucks if I had worn a nice watch?[/quote]

i think i would have taken the $2.00.

However, I recently gave a slightly poorish looking rock climber a ride with my son to a climb. he offered $7.00 for gas. I turned it down.

i felt sort of good about not taking the climber’s $7.00 though I thanked him for offering.

The impatient geezer I would have felt fine relieving him of his 2 bucks.