My Weekend Assignment

This last weekend I was assigned the curious task of 'buying a stranger a coke' (caffeine free of course)

To be honest the assignment took me off guard. 

I thought about how I would react if a complete stranger walked up to me, did something nice for me, and walked away without an introduction or explanation.

I might be a little bit shocked.

I might think the person was weird, or maybe even a little bit crazy.

I might wonder what I had done to merit such an act of service.

I might wonder what I was doing to appear to be a pitiful charity case in desperate need of some help.

After pondering this issue for quite some time I decided that I would most likely just be thrilled to have gotten a free coke and go happily on my way.

Giving someone else this satisfaction sounded like a pretty good idea, so I decided to just embrace this assignment.

This weekend my fiancee and I went on a road trip down to St. George for my good friend's wedding.

We had a great time, and were able to the whole trip quite inexpensively between staying at my grandparent's condo for free and taking advantage of the plethera of food available to us at the wedding luncheon and reception. 

The whole expense we really could not avoid was gas.

Luckily, gas these days is not as expensive as it was a few summers ago, when the price tag dangerously approached five dollars a gallon.

That being said, it is far from the dollar-a-gallon deal we had going for us awhile ago.

The cost definitely adds up over several hours of driving, and my heart always sinks a little when I see the gas light go on in my little corolla.

As I thought about it, I decided that I would much rather have some free gas than a measly can of carbonated soda.

Because of this, I left a ten dollar gas credit at the neighborhood Texaco for the next person who came in to buy gas.

I have no idea how that person reacted.

I just know that I loved thinking about it.

I am sure it made their day just a little bit brighter, even if they did think whoever left it was weird.

And maybe one day karma will act in my favor and I will get a 'free coke'.

If gas prices rise anymore I sure hope so :)