A helping hand

As I was paying for the dinner provisions yesterday I handed over a 500 SEK note (about 40 GBP). They cost 250 but the automated till only spat back 150 SEK for me.

The till girl just looked confused, bashed the till a bit, and then called for help. Help, when it arrived, asked her if she'd tried bashing the till, then help bashed the till. Then the till girl and help stood around looking confused.

During all this neither of them spoke to me. I wasn't in a hurry but it would have been nice to get an apology, or even for one of them to look like they planned on doing something - like maybe getting my 100 SEK from another till so I could be on my way.

Meanwhile a queue was building up.

So a big "Thank you" to the couple behind me that handed me 100 SEK note and told me not to worry about it - they knew the till girl and would sort it out with her later.

It's always nice to have something give you a little bit of faith in human nature. I owe you a beer guys if I see you out around Stockholm.

Categories: Samaritan