Pay-It-Forward

Today I feel like I had a pay-it-forward moment. It was definitely little and could easily be over looked, but it caught me by surprise. Around noon I realized I wasn't going to be able to eat anything until about 6 that night, so I ran over to Subway in Hughes Trigg to grab a quick meal before my next class. I order my sandwich and grab a drink, and slowly sip on it in line. While the cashier rings up my items I dig through my bag for my wallet but am coming up with nothing. Frantically I search every corner of the bottom of my bag, but recognize it isn't there. Really embarrassed, I explain to the cashier that I don't know where it could possibly be, expecting her to take my sandwich and drink, only to throw it away later, or look to someone else to pick up the tab.... I really don't know what I expected her to do. But instead of doing anything like that, she puts her hand on my shoulder and says, "Just pay me the money tomorrow baby". Like I said, its little but that certainly wasn't the response I expected. Now a days, you don't see trust like that anymore. Most people, I feel, would go find a manager, or have me go find my wallet while they hold it, but she simply had faith that I would in fact come back with the $5. So I sincerely promised her she would see me tomorrow, and believe me, she most definitely will.