| There are many things I would die for, that is, risk my life OR face certain death. There are some people in my life I would give my life for without any hestitation. And then there's the whole religious side of the coin, but I'm not going to get into that because it could get needlessly ugly, so I'll keep that to myself. Indeed, in many ways, I have already faced death...but I feel I've beaten the dead horse of China enough around here, so again, I'll not get into that.
Speaking of the "give money for a stranger's groceries" scenario, that very thing happened to me about 3 months ago...only, I was the cashier ringing the family out. It was horrible. They were buying about $100-150 worth of groceries (a LOT of baby formula, which as most people know is horrendously expensive). When they tried to ring out and didn't have the money, the first thing that came to my head was, "Should I pay for them?" The next question came "What about my job?" I honestly didn't (and still don't) know if I was even allowed to or not. I don't see any reason why not, but then Wal-Mart randomly turns off the lights and then back on again to save electricity, supposedly, so who knows? Anyway, I ended up not doing it, because I myself only make about $600-700 a month, and most of that goes to paying rent, loan payments, gas, and medical costs associated with my various disabilities (I have no insurance of course...yeah, I'm one of those, what, 50 million? Americans with no health insurance...I'll get into that whole debate if someone wants to, but otherwise no big deal, even if it is for me.). If I were to pay their bill, I might not be able to get insulin that month, or something equally disastrous. I still feel horrible about it though; I always have that feeling like I could have done SOMETHING for them, but at that moment in time I wasn't even sure if I could have paid for it with my debit card, 'cause I wasn't sure if I had enough money in there. On top of that, there's the problem of, if you pay for them once, what if they start looking to check out with you every time they come into the store, and they don't have money? Then what? I CAN honestly say though, that were I more certain of my finances, I would have paid for them. But that's in the past now. Hindsight is always 20/20.
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Originally Posted by foibles  Anyway, that's the "why" behind everyones advice against using any creative alternative to jackets. Jackets dont stop bruises. They stop unwanted body piercings. | | 
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