Monday, January 26, 2009
Story of the Day 1/ 25/ 2009
My son is special.
That isn’t even a reference to his being in Special Ed.
Of course, in the context of our family,. We don’t’ really notice it,. But when we venture out into public....
My son went to Target, today.
He was dressed in his usual style.
Well, he did wear pants. Often, it is pajama pants or shorts, even in sub zero weather, but he must have been feeling especially conservative, today, and he wore pants.
And his rainbow hat.
And he was buying himself a pull up bar. One of those bars you put over your doorway and use to do pull ups.
And a movie.
The movie was in a pink DVD cover with rhinestone letters and pictures of three cute girly girls.
When he went to check out, the total was $40.11.
He told the guy working the cash register, “I have $40, can I give you that and put the rest on my ATM card?”
The guy handed him a card. A gift card, and told him to slide it through.
Aaron slid it through.
Then the total was $39.11, and Aaron gave him the $40. The guy gave him the change. And told him to keep the card, since it still had $5 on it.
Aaron is not sure if he should feel, guilty, embarrassed, or flattered.
His sister told him there might have been a bonus for buying the pull up bar.
After hearing that, Aaron is hoping that is true. He told me that it is the 4th and best option.
Feeling relieved.
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2 comments:
Either there isn't still $5 on the card, or the cashier should be working at Wendy's or the movie theater. Since Aaron works at the movie theater & CAN make change, perhaps the retail market is reversed in your neck of the woods.
smile- Aaron and I had teh same thought, but Aaron was feeling embarassed, so he scooted out of there. (Didn't want to prolong teh conversation with eth guy.) He has since tried to give me the card...oh, I also have to post teh NEXT part of teh story.....
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