Small Town Caring is NOT DEAD!

A pharmacy technician at Walmart re-established my confidence in the trust of a handshake and a person's word last week. (Note - we have what I like to call the "World's Smallest Walmart") I was waiting in line behind an older man picking up his medication. The pharmacy student working rung him up and told him his total was around $55. The man opened his billfold and looked distraught. He dug around and then explained that his wife is failing mentally and she must have been in his wallet. He didn't even have a check, which he noted that he ALWAYS had in his wallet. He asked which of the medications was the most expensive and, of course, it was the one that he absolutely needed. The student told him that he could just stop back and he replied that he lived 40 miles away. He then proceeded to ask how much he could get for the money he had in his wallet. (Looking back now, I'm not sure why I didn't step forward and offer to pay at this point, but it didn't cross my mind.)

The student stepped over to the pharmacist who promptly came to the window and told the man that he could take ALL his medication and send a check back. She trusted him. Then, she stapled a business card to the bag so he had the address easily accessible and he went on his way.

It made me feel just great to have witnessed this transaction. These are the types of things that should still happen in small towns!