I love everything about Winco except this one minor detail that seems to keep kicking me in the pants. They don't accept credit cards....... You would think I would learn. We used to live less than a mile from Winco and I LOVED it. I frequently would forget my debit card and have a basket full of groceries and go to check out and realize all I had was my credit card. Yes I use a credit card even though Dave Ramsey says not to. It works for me and we pay it off every month no matter what! Personal choice. Anyway, so I would have to run home and they would "save" my groceries for me.
Today we were down visiting our Aunt Darce and I thought great we are so close to Winco I'm going to go grocery shopping while I'm down there and I can go alone.... a rare occurrence with three small children. It has become a treat to go grocery shopping alone. I know who would have thought. I parked the car to walk in and I get to the front doors and realize I left my debit card in the car like always, so I run back to the car and grab it. I got everything on my list and I usually pick up a small treat for me when I shop alone but I didn't this time because I'm really trying to be healthier.
I get to the check out stand and I am bagging my groceries and I swipe my card and put my pin in...... Your card is expired. What?!? I knew it was expiring soon because we got new cards a while ago that I activated. Apparently this isn't that card.
So she tries to run it again with the new expiration date.... no luck. So I'm stuck with groceries and no card, and I'm a long way from home. I never carry cash, I just don't like having a lot of cash. So I luckily have some cash but not enough for what I had. So I embarrassingly start putting stuff back on the conveyor belt and she starts subtracting.
After getting about $20 of stuff back out of the cart the guy behind me says keep the milk here is $2. At this point I am beyond embarrassed and just want to shrink down and melt away. I say thank you so much. He just says pay it forward. I proceed to pay for what I have enough cash for and walk out to my car. I have never been on the receiving end of the pay it forward at the grocery store and man its hard, but so appreciated. Even if it was just $2 Thank you to the man in line behind me at Winco today. I will pay it forward.
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