I thought this was a nice thing to do but now I’m not sure
My local convenience store sells alcohol, which is where I stop by on my way home from work to get my coolers. As the guy is grabbing my stuff for me (it’s locked up), there’s a man cashing out for 1 cooler. He’s already drinking the exact same cooler with a straw in it, so I guess he’s just getting another to keep the buzz going. Looked a little rough, had some heavy duty boots on that were roughed up, but of a dingy backpack, but decent clothes. Maybe a blue collar guy just hanging out wanting a drink by himself, maybe he had no where to go, I don’t know. He pays for his cooler and leaves.
So as I’m in line, I ask the guy who’s grabbing my stuff to grab me one of the coolers the man was drinking. He charged me for all my stuff and I walk out.
I had no idea if that man was going to be still outside when I left, or he was going to be gone, but I had a feeling he was going to be sitting on the stairs outside the store because if he’s hanging around to get another cooler after he just finished his other one, he’s obviously hanging around the store.
Sure enough, I see the man sitting on the stairs. I pull the cooler out, hand it to him and go “Here you go😊” and he was hesitant to reach for it, and was like “This is for me?” And I was like yeah here ! He took it and was like “Thank you so much! Thanks!”. It didn’t exactly light up his life, but it did seem to brighten his night.
I don’t know what this man’s situation is, if he’s okay or not, once I saw his face, he had no teeth and definitely had some dirtiness to him, so I’m sure he was either homeless or in some sort of similar situation, but I hope giving him 1 more drink for the night maybe cheered him up.
Thinking about it now, I feel like I was trying to do a nice thing, but it wasn’t exactly in the best way… Giving more alcohol to a guy who’s struggling? Maybe I should’ve asked if he wanted something to eat instead.
Did I do something bad? Or was it alright and I’m over thinking it?