Home STORIES SINGLE MOM OF 5 IS YELLED AT BY CASHIER FOR BEING SHORT ON GROCERY MONEY – MOMENTS LATER, SHE HEARS, “YOUR BILL IS ALREADY COVERED!” Rachel and her husband, Jack, were over the moon when, after years of trying, they became parents to five children at once. Their family finally seemed complete. But one day, their happiness was shattered when Jack di:ed in a car accident. Now Rachel was alone to care for their five children, juggling work and motherhood. She barely had enough to live on, and one day at the store, her desperate situation came to a head. “How hard is it to check the prices?” the cashier grumbled at Rachel. “You’re $10 short!” “Umm… let’s do this. I’ll remove the bread, and…” Rachel began picking out items to remove, but the cashier had grown impatient and snapped at her. “Look, lady! If you can’t afford this stuff, don’t come here! Now move! Other customers are waiting!” She pushed Rachel’s bag aside. “Next!” “No, please, wait…” Rachel had just started speaking when a voice from behind cut her off. “There’s no need to remove those items. Your bill is already covered,” said an unfamiliar voice behind her.
SINGLE MOM OF 5 IS YELLED AT BY CASHIER FOR BEING SHORT ON GROCERY MONEY – MOMENTS LATER, SHE HEARS, “YOUR BILL IS ALREADY COVERED!” Rachel and her husband, Jack, were over the moon when, after years of trying, they became parents to five children at once. Their family finally seemed complete. But one day, their happiness was shattered when Jack di:ed in a car accident. Now Rachel was alone to care for their five children, juggling work and motherhood. She barely had enough to live on, and one day at the store, her desperate situation came to a head. “How hard is it to check the prices?” the cashier grumbled at Rachel. “You’re $10 short!” “Umm… let’s do this. I’ll remove the bread, and…” Rachel began picking out items to remove, but the cashier had grown impatient and snapped at her. “Look, lady! If you can’t afford this stuff, don’t come here! Now move! Other customers are waiting!” She pushed Rachel’s bag aside. “Next!” “No, please, wait…” Rachel had just started speaking when a voice from behind cut her off. “There’s no need to remove those items. Your bill is already covered,” said an unfamiliar voice behind her.
SINGLE MOM OF 5 IS YELLED AT BY CASHIER FOR BEING SHORT ON GROCERY MONEY – MOMENTS LATER, SHE HEARS, “YOUR BILL IS ALREADY COVERED!” Rachel and her husband, Jack, were over the moon when, after years of trying, they became parents to five children at once. Their family finally seemed complete. But one day, their happiness was shattered when Jack di:ed in a car accident. Now Rachel was alone to care for their five children, juggling work and motherhood. She barely had enough to live on, and one day at the store, her desperate situation came to a head. “How hard is it to check the prices?” the cashier grumbled at Rachel. “You’re $10 short!” “Umm… let’s do this. I’ll remove the bread, and…” Rachel began picking out items to remove, but the cashier had grown impatient and snapped at her. “Look, lady! If you can’t afford this stuff, don’t come here! Now move! Other customers are waiting!” She pushed Rachel’s bag aside. “Next!” “No, please, wait…” Rachel had just started speaking when a voice from behind cut her off. “There’s no need to remove those items. Your bill is already covered,” said an unfamiliar voice behind her.
Jack was a truck driver who made a solid living, so when the babies were born, it was easy for Rachel to quit her job to care for their children. But something did, and Rachel was at a loss.
One day, Jack left for work early in the morning and never returned. Later that evening, Rachel got a call from the cops informing her that he had passed away in a truck collision. Jack was gone, and she’d have to embrace the role of the man of the house.
She proceeded to the next aisle just as one of her sons, Max, started insisting on buying him some candies. “Mommy! Can you please get me candies? Please?”
“Candies are not good for you. Doctors say that candies make your teeth bad. They’re also a little expensive, and mommy needs to bake a cake for your birthday, so she’ll have to buy the ingredients for them.”
But the four-year-old boy wouldn’t understand that. He began crying loudly, which attracted some of the shoppers’ attention. “No, mommy! I want it! I WANT CANDY!”
“Yes, mommy! We want candies too! PLEASE!!!” cried the other four boys in unison.
“How hard is it to check the prices before buying something?” the cashier, Lincy, grumbled.
“You’re $10 short, so I’ll have to take some things out of here.”
She picked up the chocolate cookies, candy bars, and a few other items and began preparing the bill, but Rachel stopped her.
Oh, please don’t remove those items. Umm… let’s do one thing. I’ll remove the bread and….” Rachel began picking and choosing the items to remove.
“Hi there, young man! I’m Mrs. Simpson. What’s your name? And what are you doing here alone?” she asked gently, smiling at him.
“Hello, Mrs. Simpson. I’m Max, and I’m four years old. How old are you?”
The older woman blushed. “I’m just a little older than you, Max. Let’s say 70? Where is your mother?”
“Mommy is fighting with someone. She says mommy doesn’t have enough money, and we need to leave some things here.”
