Posted on 01/07/2023 7:30:38 AM PST by Hostage
I've been blessed to directly help many in need, but of course, never unwittingly for one as famous as international star Keith Urban.
I once helped a beautiful Spanish Actress, famous in the Latin world, by doing some research on her late famous Cannes Film Festival award-winning Director father, and finding something incredible that helped her immensely. She flew from Madrid, and I from Seattle, met in Manhattan and became very close friends.
But I knew she was from a famous background, so it wasn't the same as what Ruth Reed did for Keith.
The problem with wanting to help people in need is, as Donald Trump says, "There's too many of them", this from him who has helped hundreds and hundreds, from anonymously paying off a mortgage, to freeing a veteran from a Mexican jail, Donald said his one fault is his "heart is too big", and "I can't help them all"; but this story about Ruth Reed should remind us all of the goodness of the American People, even those from humble backgrounds.
Never heard of him....
Great story.
I keep thinking about the dystopia of a possible future “social credit” score.
Imagine a few years from now that Keith had gotten on the bad side of the social engineers who have given him a negative social credit score—and that is why his credit card did not work.
This good samaritan lady has now become a criminal aiding and abetting an enemy of the state—and now her credit score is about to become zero as well.
“Medford”
Oregon??
And don’t think it couldn’t happen . . . because the people assigning these scores are among the lowest dredges of humanity even if they have powerful high sounding titles, are adored by the media (but I repeat myself) and wear fancy clothes.
Of all the encounters I had all of them were very pleasant and the people were always polite. Never ran into one of those "jerk" types.
The writer managed to really stretch this tiny tale, it went on and on and on repetitively.
From the second paragraph:
“Ruth Reed is a retired teacher from Medford, New Jersey.”
Big Time Scam in the Chicago area - A women usually with a Kid has a cart full of groceries - her Credit Card never works, the kid looks sad - some older person thinks they are helping out a family in need.
It is a great con - one women-kid team has already been spotted at six area Jewel stores.
This story is true. But it’s from 2018.
“Golden Road” was his break through album, and he’s a great guitarist. Think Brad Paisley but maybe better.
Wow, never use one word when 1,000 will do.
There was an elderly woman who somehow squared in Trumps tower. Had li rd there quite awhile apparently. When trump found out, he met with her and gave her a room and food for life
He also was having g lunch by a beach one day, saw a young woman struggling in the water, and he ran out into the surf and saved her. Turns out she had mental problems, and her father lost track of her for a bit. And she wandered into ocean. The father was the one to tell the story and was deeply affected by Trumps kindness
Another time there was flooding down south somewhere and Trump spent his own money to deliver clean water to the folks by trucking in tractor trailers of bottled water
That is who Trump is- no fanfare when he helps others, just honest to goodness kindness
Biden on the other hand- there is just no comparison- he falls far short compared to the dececency of the Trumps
It’s a delightful story, but CRIKEY, it read every essay I had to write in junior high which had a minimum word requirement.
Hi Hostage, I hope you don’t mind but I found a shorter version of this sweet story. “Articles” written in that overly drawn out, repetitive fashion makes my ears itch :)
https://patch.com/new-jersey/cinnaminson/mastercard-pays-it-forward-woman-who-paid-keith-urbans-tab
Somehow I missed that. Thx
Yeah, must be getting paid by the word. If only I knew who Keith Urban (whoever he is) was married to. Oh yeah, the author tells us five times.
“”The New Jersey native woke up and headed to her local Wawa convenience store.””
I don’t even know what a Wawa is - have never seen one but WHO shops at a convenience store every morning? I wouldn’t know Keith Urban if he knocked on my door.
I was in line at our large supermarket a week ago and a gentleman at the checkout was having trouble locating his money - whether cash, credit card, checkbook or what, no one had any idea. We all watched as he went through every pocket in his shirt and in his pants and came up empty. He was looking for at least 10 minutes and even the clerk was raising her eyebrows and rolling her eyes at those of us in line.
I thought I could offer to pay his bill but I couldn’t see the amount of groceries he had as they were already bagged and no idea what his bill was.
The clerk called a manager over, whispered to her and then hit the checkout machine, tore off the receipt and told the gentlemen he was set to go. I was next in line and I couldn’t resist asking if the store WROTE OFF HIS BILL and she said, “yes”. He’d been looking for a GIFT CARD for that store...She then told me his bill was $187.00 - GULP! I felt generous but not that generous.
After I got checked out and out to my car, he was getting in a truck parked next to my car. There were at least 3 other people in that truck and no one was helping him load groceries into the truck.
I came away thinking it was good to know that the store I go to every week didn’t give him any trouble. Not naming the store for obvious reasons.
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