The Giss wrote:

v_falcons wrote: I thought the end of this first post would be about him paying for the girls things..

And then I thought he would pay for the kid to buy shoes for his sick mom.

Seriouly, I have done this a few times- paid for someone's order that wasn't on WIC. If you want to be truly humbled, all you need to hear is the Thank you and see the look on the person's face when you pay.

There was a kid in that story?

Had I been able to catch up with the girl and help her out in some kind of way I wouldn't have posted about it. That is assuredly not my style.

It was enough for me to witness the public humiliation she was experiencing for me to be humbled. Had I been able to help her out I would have felt something entirely different and I would have kept it to myself.

ytownfootball wrote: Yeah...I know...cool story bro

LOL!

BRF wrote:

buckeyefalls wrote: .........this thread is GREAT because it reminds us all to be thankful for what we have.

Bingo!!*


[size=xx-small]*btw, if ya help somebody out and they ask how they can repay you, you say "when you get yourself righted, YOU help somebody else out"......and that's how it goes.[/size]

BRF, the small print is exactly right. I've been on both sides and I completely agree.

I'm going to assume that "sleeper's" post is totally tongue in cheek. If by some remote chance it isn't, then I would have to agree with " salto's" evaluation of "sleeper's" post.

How anyone can think sleeper was being serious is beyond me.

wildcats20 wrote: A lady I work with was telling me about a friend(I think?) of hers who is on WIC. The lady makes $40,000+ a year and is still somehow on WIC. Explain that to me somehow....

To be eligible for WIC, a lot of factors are added into the equation. My wife was eligible for WIC when my twins were born earlier this year. I make over $40K a year, and she makes between $25-30K.

Factors include owning a house (check), having more than one child at a time (check), having other children at home (check), other bill expenses (check), lost of wages (check). Add into the mix that my wife could not breast feed and we had to buy formula (which is extremely expensive for just ONE child). We took full advantage of it while my wife was eligible (which was only when she was off work). Had we not, we probably would have lost a lot of things in our lives.

Though it has gotten (somewhat) easier, we still struggle today. If it weren't for the 8 weeks of help we were graciously offered, I would wager our kids wouldn't have a Christmas this year. So again...just because you make decent money, doesn't mean you don't need help.

As for the embarrassment...it was exactly that. I'm guessing the women in the OP's story was in a similar situation to mine. The most common fear is seeing someone you know. I deal with the public a LOT at work. If we were in line...what happened if one of my clients got in line behind me...what would they think? I was glad when we got off of it...but I shouldn't have had to feel that way.