Gracious Vendor....

One Saturday morning, I went to buy something in the market so that we would not go hungry the next day.

After buying some different kinds of vegetables, I saw a vendor selling some freshly harvested string beans. The vendor shelled them and sold them per cup. I bought two cups. While walking around, I thought that the kind of bean I bought is not always available, and went back and asked for three more cups. When I was about to pay, I found out that I didn't have enough coins left. I lacked a few pesos for the three cups that I asked. When the vendor knew I didn't have enough, she graciously said, "That is fine, no problem."(Sige, bay-amon!) I was almost embarassed, but was left at peace because of her kind heart. I will buy from her again, but need to make sure that I have enough:)

That vendor did need not to be a savant to teach me something.

In a similar incident, I went to pay an electric bill at SM when the cashier asked, "Is it it okay if I round it off (round it up)?" (If I am not mistaken, this happened twice or more because it also happens at the grocery store). To get away with the trouble of waiting, I said "ok." When I got home and reviewed what I had payed, I was surprised that the cashier took 1.20 pesos, which I thought was only supposed to be .20 centavos.

I was paying on a separate day in a different paying station when I was lacking 10 or 15 centavos. When the cashier asked, I had none and had to hand in a bigger coin to pay for it. (I was murmuring, ....kapag kayo ang kulang ng sentimo na sukli ok lang sa amin na customer; 'pag kayo.....)

If cashiers of this big mall will do that to a thousand customers even for a few centavos, wouldn't become much?

Next time, when a cashier asks if she should round it off, I will say "No!"

Cheers only go to that vendor!