*Disclaimer. Slightly cynical approach is enclosed in this post. If you're doubting goodness in humankind..do not read any further!*
So today my close girlfriend Krysta and I made a little road trip to Raleigh to meet her roommate from New Jersey, who was down for orientation at UNC Chapel Hill. It was a fairly fun and not so awkward first day for them together, while I got to sit idly by and be a conversation buffer as well as a real human friend of Krysta's to her new roommate. Gas was super cheap in Chapel Hill at one of those "Flying J" travel plazas, so naturally, my frugal friend wanted to stop in to fill up.
As we walked to the pump after paying, a desperate looking woman approached us. "Please, do you have any money to spare? We just used all of our money to put in our gas tank, and I want to get my babies some juice and snacks because they're very hungry." Naturally, being good samaritans, Krysta and I both handed the woman a couple bucks and watched her, as she walked up to numerous other people like us, to plead the same case. We then proceeded to watch her as she got back in her van and drove away, not once going into the store for aforementioned "items" for her babies.
Now, I am usually a highly optimistic human being. But things like that really upset me. It not only gives a bad name to people who truly NEED the money in a hard situation, but it also dampens the glistening hope that there is good left in this world. Dishonesty is so prevalent everywhere today. In our schools, in our politics, and even in our homes, we are constantly being lied to. I don't want to imagine what the woman from the gas station went to buy, but we must ask ourselves of dishonesty..can the buck stop here?
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