Random Acts of Kindness - Milk

I had to make a quick trip to town this morning because we were low on milk and bread and a few other things.  As I'm cruising every aisle I come upon an 'extreme couponer' roadblock of sorts.  Her cart is parked cockeyed nearly in the center of the aisle while she's piling it full with boxes of cereal and her young daughter is dancing back and forth in the rest of the aisle.

Ok, when it comes to coupons I think the Extreme Couponing way of doing things is pretty much just hoarding.  I *did* see a story about a couple who learned the system and used it to donate the things they bought to shelters and food pantries and things like that.  Now THAT is cool.  But in general I think it's more awesome when you find ways to save big on your normal groceries.

So anyway, this lady was obviously on a strategic shopping mission.  I kinda laughed to myself and went on my way when she finally moved on.  Fast forward to the checkout line, where I find myself waiting behind this same lady.  She had broken her purchases down by group or something, and was doing several separate transactions.  I overheard her saying things about not applying whatever credit to whatever because something or other builds up and blah blah yadda yadda, and just being very precise about how the coupons and credits were used.  At one point she apologized to me for taking so long but said she was lucky this time because there were no problems yet with the many coupons.  But OOPS . . . spoke to soon!  On her final transaction she was a few dollars short of whatever goal she needed.  She was looking around the checkout area almost frantically, considering packs or gum or a magazine to make up those last few dollars.  And then . . .

"Scan her milk!" she blurts out, pointing at my gallon of milk.  She asked if she could borrow the milk, told the checkout girl she'd just go grab another after, and would that be enough to cover the amount she was short?  So they scanned my milk and it was indeed enough.  She turns back to me and smiles, "You're milk is paid for."  The bagger girl asked if she should run and get the second milk for her, and she says no, to forget it.  I started to pull out my money to pay her back and she flat out refused, saying she'd just saved way more money than what the milk cost anyway. 

Well thank you, Random Coupon Shopper!