Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

I saw this secret on Post Secret this past weekend:

My first thought is that the cashier has a good heart, even if what s/he is doing is wrong. Then, I realized that I'm a sinner. No, really. I did something wrong yesterday and I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway.

I was shopping at a local store (NOT Target!) and the store was packed. There weren't enough cashiers and the lines were atrocious. I had two larger items in my cart that wouldn't fit on the conveyor belt, so I put them in the cart with the UPC codes facing out so the cashier could scan them with the hand-held scanner. As I got to the front of the line, I lifted the one item up so it would be an easier reach. As she started scanning my items, she was called over by another cashier who was having a problem. I was still holding the item (okay, it was a $20 fan) when the cashier came back. She looked at it and continued to scan my items from the belt. She was called back to the other cashier for another problem, so I set the fan back in the cart and began piling my bags in--around the fan, not on top of it. She came back, looked at my cart again and continued to scan my items. She gave me my total and I paid. My first thought was that she knew the scan numbers and entered them, or knew the prices and entered it as a line item.

I proceeded to walk toward the exit, feeling a little uneasy as I scanned my receipt. I wasn't finding the items on the receipt, though I did realize she charged me twice for the same shirt. In the end, I decided to let it go and just went home. I checked my receipt again at home and nope...she never did enter the two things from the cart.

And that's why I'm a sinner. I didn't do anything about it. I said a prayer last night, but I'd feel better if ya'll would pray for my dirty soul, too.