― Matt Groening
A woman I
know sees a veteran on a certain street corner most days of the week. Dressed in a camouflage uniform, he walks by
cars with a cup for money. Although
this woman is not sure if he represents an organization, she used to give him
some money every now and then. One day,
she was eating a sandwich and he asked her what kind of sandwich she was eating. Realizing that he was hungry, she gave him the
other half and she now tries to have with her some food or a gift card to a
fast food restaurant for him. On a
recent afternoon, after she asked him if he wanted half of a turkey sandwich
(he did), he asked her if she had anything sweet. "Do you have any donuts in
there?" She didn't, but she gave
him several Oreos from a pack that she was taking to one of her children's
schools. The next day, she brought him a
box of donuts. She figured that while
she couldn't solve his big problems, she could certainly indulge a craving.
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