r/nothingeverhappens 1d ago

Because Random Acts of Kindness don't exist...

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u/Lylibean 1d ago

Yeah, no, this is fake asf. A person who is so broke they can’t pay rent despite having a “full cart” of groceries offers to pay for some rando’s single item they went all the way into a grocery store for? The ambiguous “single item” and not “just a bag of dog food” or “just a jug of laundry detergent”? The “tears streaming” bit really dials up the fantasy.

I’ve been a person at the grocery store who can’t afford rent many times in my life, and I guarantee I didn’t have a “full cart”, or probably any cart at all because I could barely afford the few items I can easily carry in my hands. And I sure as hell didn’t have even a penny to spare on someone else’s “single item”.

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u/Joelle9879 1d ago

Eh, not specifically stating what the single item doesn't make this fake. It's irrelevant to the rest of the story. If it was "this lady with a full cart let me go ahead of her because I only had a single item" it would sound fine. It's the rest of the story that makes this sound fake.

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u/Ok_Spell_4165 1d ago

It is somewhat relevant because of the rest of the story.

Buying a half gallon of milk? Sure, she is struggling to pay rent but feeling generous and forks over the $2

Buying a steak? That $15+ is no longer any more believable than the rest of the story.