This story broke my heart!!!! I was watching my local news tonight and they reported on the saddest story of a little old man in a neighboring town to Charlotte. The little old man wanted to make dinner for his family but he did not have the money for a $3.98 steak at Food Lion.....so he stole the steak. (he did not get get caught) A couple of days later when he had the money he returned to the Food Lion.....he apologized and insisted on paying for the steak. The manager of Food Lion CALLED THE POLICE and had him ARRESTED!!!!! Yes, I know stealing is wrong but no one EVER goes back and does the right thing. This man did and was arrested for it!!!! http://www.shelbystar.com/news/neal_..._lowrance.html I never shop at Food Lion but now I really won't. Locals are asking people to write to the Food Lion store where this happened or write to the corporate office of Food Lion to express compassion for the little man. I will be writing. Again, stealing is wrong but it's not like he was stealing money to buy drugs....he stole one item to feed his family and returned later to pay for it!! So sad!!! We all have no idea how blessed we are to be able to put food on our tables to feed our families!! Food Lion Attn: Managment 111 W Garrison Blvd Gastonia, NC 28052 Food Lion Corporate Office Customer Relations Department P.O. Box 1330 Salisbury, NC, 28145-1330 |
That is so sad. I know stealing it wrong, But that is one honest man for at least going back and paying for it. Thanks for sharing |
Thats sad. PPl at food lion arn't nice! I know that from past experience. |
Also something else I forgot to mention, A Christmas Eve fire at the man's home forced him to stay with his son. An electrical stove caused the fire. He said, he was baking bread for his DOG!!!! This makes the story sooooo sad!!!! I have got to see if I can locate this man and see if I can help him with his home. I am also going to buy him a gift certificate to the best steak house in town!!!! Poor little man....he is so down on his luck!!! |
Oh no!!!! Thats really bad:( |
Whata sad story.. stealing is wrong, we all know that, but can you emagine being that hungery:( they could of handled that with much more dignity to that poor man:( |
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I guess you are paying it forward. What a sweet heart you really are. I knew this before, but this confirms it to me...:thumbup: :thumbup: pooh's mum |
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I did find the mans name & address on the internet so I am definitely mailing him a gift certificate to a local steak house. :) :) I will have to do a little more digging around to see what I can find out about his home. Hopefully, he had insurance but I am sure he could use some assistance. |
That is very sad. :( And that will be very kind of YOU. ;) |
How sad. That is so sweet of you. I hope they get a lot of complaints on how they handled the situation and he gets some assistance. |
we don't have a Red Lion here but they surely do not have the "Christmas spirit". The man did the right thing by offering to pay. He could have stayed quiet. Is there always a Scrooge somewhere?? Shame on them. |
Poor old man!! Shame on Food Lion!!! Please keep us posted on how the old man is doing....I am sure he will be shock when he receive your gift!! You are such a sweetheart!!! |
This is awful and makes me ashamed to be a part of the human race! How can anyone or any business be so cold and heartless? We don't have Food Lion here, but it we did, I would not shop there! Bless that dear man. His heart is in the right place and he didn't deserve what happened to him! |
is the son just as bad off? |
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