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This morning I received a call from a friend of mine and he said that his wife was at the local Walmart and saw some Federal shells on the shelf. Being that it's only a few miles from my home, I headed right over there. When I pulled into the parking lot, there was this family in a rusty mini van with 4H and Remington bumper stickers and I knew that I had to work fast. They were kind of slow to the draw because one the kids was in a wheelchair. Anyway, I got into the store, grabbed a cart and darted to the sporting goods department. Sure enough, there were 21 100 packs of Federals on the shelf that I in turn stuffed into my cart. Right when I was loading the last box, here comes the 4H family.
The mother said to me "would you mind letting us have a box or 2, we're trying to teach our boys the clay games." Well, I looked right at her and said, I'm sorry, but your boys need to learn life lessons like "you snooze, you lose" and "early bird gets the worm." Their mouths were agape, but I strolled that cart away with a sideways grin thinking about my good fortune. Then, it struck me. I felt terrible. I turned around and pulled a 2 for 1 McDonald's sausage with egg McMuffin coupon (it expired on February 28th, but Mickey D's may still honor it) out of my pocket and handed it to one of her boys and said "hey, breakfast is on me, no hard feelings." Their mouths were still agape, but I felt much better about myself.
This was a great score!!
The mother said to me "would you mind letting us have a box or 2, we're trying to teach our boys the clay games." Well, I looked right at her and said, I'm sorry, but your boys need to learn life lessons like "you snooze, you lose" and "early bird gets the worm." Their mouths were agape, but I strolled that cart away with a sideways grin thinking about my good fortune. Then, it struck me. I felt terrible. I turned around and pulled a 2 for 1 McDonald's sausage with egg McMuffin coupon (it expired on February 28th, but Mickey D's may still honor it) out of my pocket and handed it to one of her boys and said "hey, breakfast is on me, no hard feelings." Their mouths were still agape, but I felt much better about myself.
This was a great score!!