a random italian guy walked up to me at the prague airport
dripped out
black slicked back hair
nice coat
maybe 27 years old
"hello can you help me please?"
yeah sure with what?
"i want to buy a baguette from the machine but i don't have enough czech crowns. don't you have 50 crowns?"
that's like $2-$3
i took a look in my wallet
shit was empty
"nah bro i don't use cash but i'll pay with my card"
"nonono that's okay..."
paid for it
but baguette got stuck in the machine
we both just stood there looking at it
he got lowkey sad cuz he was hungry
imagine 2 guys, one czech one italian, staring at a machine tryna buy a baguette at the gates
he tried to push it, shake it, whatever
i even asked the security if he can't do something about it
it was a mission bro
but no, nothing worked
"don't worry i'll buy you another one"
"NONONONO..."
paid again
got stuck again
but at least the first one fell out
he offered to split it with me
"nah bro i'm good enjoy"
he gave me his 40 crowns out of respect anyway
that's literally the only cash i even have now lmao
then gave me his instagram and said if i ever come to rome he'll show me around
he couldn't thank me enough and said I'm such an amazing person
maybe yeah but i was just bored and the $12 i spent bought me around 8 minutes of fun
and he got his baguette
win win
most people would've said "sorry bro" and gone back to their phone
i'm not saying this to flex
i'm saying not being a stingy retard or antisocial weirdo got me a genuine connection with a cool guy and an open invite to Rome
plus a good feeling
stop being stingy
money always comes back bigger