[MineralMan]

Well, it was nice of you to help pay for the girl's pretzel. From your description, she sounds pretty young, if she couldn't see over the counter.

I guess you're ticked that she didn't thank you for your contribution, and that she kept the 50 cents.

So, she's maybe 6 to 8 years old. I'll bet her parents told her not to speak to strangers. So she didn't. Perhaps she was young enough not to understand that the 50 cents rightfully belonged to you. Maybe she didn't even understand that you were paying for part of her pretzel.

Acts of kindness are just that...acts of kindness. I've done the same thing as you, in supermarket lines, and other places.

The difference? You have some sort of expectations that your generosity will be somehow rewarded or recognized by this young child.

Perhaps just making the gift should be reward enough, but who can say. Not enough information.

[beelzepug]

"I guess you're ticked..."

Ah, the MineralMan. Once again demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of the situation. Well, at least you're consisent.

[OrioleFan]

Making the gift was reward enough for me. I thought the whole situation was amusing at the time.