A rich woman gets help from an unexpected place when she doesn’t have $11 at a grocery store to clear her bill and the cashier lashes out at her. The help came from an old cleaning lady who grabbed the cashier’s collar to stop him, eventually teaching him a lesson.
Maria was a self-made woman who owned a cosmetics company. At the same time, she was a single mother to two children she raised alone after her husband, Jonathan, died three months ago.
Jonathan’s death was a severe blow to Maria because he was a great support system for her when it came to balancing her job and parenthood. She eventually found herself unable to balance work and her children and had to hire a nanny to look after her kids, who were 3 and 5 years old.
Maria is a self-made businesswoman. | Source: Pexels
One day, Maria was in a hurry to leave for work, but because the nanny hadn’t arrived, she had to wait. She was frantically checking her watch as she had an important meeting later that day.
When the nanny arrived, Maria was in such a haste that she didn’t even have time to be annoyed at the woman for being 10 minutes late. Usually, she would be pissed as she valued time a lot.
Maria snatched her car keys and purse and drove straight to her office, telling the nanny to look after the kids. But as she approached the final signal light before her office, she began to feel dizzy. She hadn’t eaten breakfast because she was in a rush, and she was also on a diet.
She decided to grab some snacks from a store nearby. Anyway, she was almost close to the office. She picked up a few granola bars and a bottle of orange juice and proceeded to the cashier.
Maria grabbed some snacks at a grocery store because she was starving. | Source: Pexels
“That’ll be $11!” he announced, placing the purchases in a polybag.
“Oh, okay,” she said, reaching into her purse only to realize she had left her phone, money, and all credit cards at home in a hurry.
“Oh no,” she murmured, embarrassed, realizing she wouldn’t be able to pay for the items. “I’m really sorry. I seemed to have left my money and phone at home. My office is not far away. Could you set these aside and I’ll send someone to pick them up?”
