Have/Would you ever...

Nope, I'm a stingy person with trust issues. Who is to say that the cashier/teller/person at the window doesn't just pocket the money themselves and still charge the person behind you. Now there have been times that I have bought things for soldiers at places like restaurants, but that was face to face. I've also helped people out who were short changed at the register, again, face to face.

AKedit: I don't give money to bums, either. We have a guy in Wooster that is younger, good shape, etc and pan handles. He is perfectly capable of getting a job and I call BS on his "I have a family to feed" sign. He is just trying to sucker us into giving him free money because he is too lazy to get a job. Whenever I see him in town I drive up to the nearest fast food joint, grab a job application and bring it to him.

When I still worked at St. Louis Bread Co. one morning a guy at the drive thru window paid for his food and the car behind him. When that person pulled up and found out, they paid for the person behind them. It kept going and going, I think a total of like 20 cars did it. It was on the evening news.

I've only ever been through a toll once, and that was the trip to Tinley last year.

However, I frequently give change to someone who's a little bit short at the grocery store, does that count ? Sure it isn't much, usually only a few cents, but once I had the opportunity to give a guy who looked like a hard day's night $2 to pay for his stuff. He about cried, he kept saying I didn't have to, and I finally convinced him I knew I didn't have to but I WANTED to.

The cashier told me when I paid for my stuff, that it was one of the nicest things she'd ever seen. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Gale