A netizensharedtheir story of confusion when they offered to pay for a womans groceries after her card declined.

Or, you offer to cover someones groceries and they get a bunch more items.

The truth is that maybe they had a good reason for this.

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As one comment noted, this woman was perhaps just days away from having nothing.

When you step up to help, you raise expectations.

Your good deed becomes the new baseline, and people often forget the effort it took.

Woman at a grocery checkout doing a good deed, smiling while placing fruits on the counter.

As the person in this situation stated, I was caught off guard.

Plus, given that this person did help, it does seem like they are the sort to care.

For all its perils, we keep doing it.

Text describing unintended charity event triggered by a kind gesture at a grocery store checkout line.

Besides, in the long run, there is more good to do than bad.

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