Yesterday I walked to the grocery store like I normally do on Saturdays. As I was walking along the path I saw a kid with a skateboard walk up from the Macey's parking lot. He put his skateboard on the path and sat down on it and pulled something out of a shopping bag. As I approached he said "Do you want some dark chocolate?" and held out a Ghiradelli chocolate square. Much against my normal inclination I said "sure" and took the chocolate said thanks and wished him a good day.
I took candy from a stranger! Granted I haven't eaten it yet :) although I plan on it.
Sometimes I am surprised at how surprised I am when strangers are kind. Maybe it is my New England heritage. I've heard it said that you expect everyone to act like you yourself would. That would account for some of my confusion (I would not offer strangers chocolate or even give a true smile to someone else coming up the path towards me) but I feel like I'm pretty considerate to strangers in general. But there you have it.
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