If someone offered to pay for our groceries..would you let them?

If someone else wanted to pay for my grocery bills I would think at first that they must be up to something, I would definately think it was a big joke. But if I seen someone that really needed help with paying their bills I would offer to help them, I certainly would be pleasantly surprised and asked them if they really meant it and if so thank you so much and then I would do it for someone else.

well heck ya I would let them pay for it if they want to that would be a bargin I could not pass up. but I dont never see it happing in my life time.

I would actually thank them for the offer, if it was made out of the goodness of their hearts, but suggest that it should probably go to families or charities that are more needy than mine. I'd hate to take something that i don't necessarily need, when others do. I'm not saying we're rich or anywhere close, but i know there are a lot of people out there that are worse off than we are. But that is a very good idea. Maybe someday when we're doing better financially, i can do that for a family in need.

This day in age, I would be leary of anyone who offered to pay for anything for me or give me something for free. I would be afraid that they would expect something in return or might be trying to scam me in some way. I might also be offended that they assumed that I couldn't afford my own groceries, even if this wasn't their intention. I would probably laugh it off, but firmly let them know that I wasn't interested. However, I like your attitude towards random acts of kindness and I think it's great that you are trying to contribute positively to society. I would suggest doing things that don't involve money, unless you are giving to an organized and reputable charity. When trying to help others, you might try doing smaller favors that don't involve exchanging money, such as mowing someone's lawn or carrying their groceries. These days, people are forced to be very mistrustful of others, especially people who appear to be trying to help them. Everyone is generally out for themselves, so they think someone trying to help them must be a trick. I know it's hard, but keep up the good work!

Why do they have to do that anyway? I would not let anyone to pay for my grocerries, ill be thankful but ill tell them No Thanks! Coz you really dont know what they want you after that! But i would understand and let them pay for some amount like, If i am running out of cash and i still have a few cheap items to pay, and there's someone wants to pay for it for me. Then ill be thankful and let them to pay it.. But if they want to pay for all the items that i want.. Then i would say No! Have a nice day!

This is funny you brought this up. I was at the grocery store a few months back and I was in line behind a lady and her son. She had all her groceries on the belt thing and when the total was told to her she looked shocked. She told her little boy we have to put some things back since mommy did not have enough money and she started to tell the cashier to take this and this off and the little boy was in tears. It broke my heart to see him cry since the items were mostly things I guess he really wanted.(Choc. milk, car fruit snacks,sponge bob mac and cheese)kid type items. I looked at her and said this is breaking my heart to see him cry so please let me pay the difference. It was only like $25 dollars not much but for her it was. She kept saying no I can't let you do that I said no I want to I have 4 kids at home and would hate for them to be upset like this so please let me. She thanked me over and over and she left. It made me feel real good. So if you ever feel the need to do a good deed just do it. Another time I was at my parents business (oil change company)this was in December and I was getting my oil changed and this girl was there she had to be about 18 yrs old and she was pregnant and in tears she was there before me so I asked the manager(my friend) what was wrong and she told me her parents kicked her out and she has nothing for this baby.(she was leaking oil and wanted someone to check it she was not getting service done) I looked at my friend and said take your time on her car and give me your car keys(my car was being worked on) I will be back. I went home(I only live 2 miles from the shop) and grabed some clothes,swing,toys,bouncy seat and came back and gave them to her. I knew I was done having kids i had just had #4 and was getting ready to have a garage sale. She cried even harder when I gave this stuff to her but it was for a good cause.

I would rather pay the groceries by myself. I would think he/she might sound suspicious to me and he/she must be up for something they could ask in return of their favor to me. This is quite a joke and gladly I won't fall into tricks he/she would have for me. I would politely say thanks but I will pay by myself. Just one simple word of no thanks and problem solved.

I would have to think about it before I would let them pay for my groceries. I would take in consideration who it was and whether thay might want something in return from me. It would also depend on how many groceries I was getting. If it was alot probably not. Its a hard decision to make.

Actually, I have seen this happen in my local grocery store and the person that offered did pay for the other person's groceries. I thought it was nice to see caring people are in this world today. The person that had their groceries paid for is a friend of mine and she told me that she plans to do this for somebody else. My friend forgot her wallet at home and the person that paid for the groceries I didn't know and my friend didn't either. I wasn't carrying my wallet, as I just had $20.00, which would not cover all of my friends grocery bill, so we would have had to put some groceries back. The bill was $21.08.

NO way! I would suggest that he buy a grocery package for a street child or any beggar in need of things or donate the money to orphanage.

actually i did this kind of thing a few years back, when we were still living in sta.ana manila. the kind of people there cant afford to feed their children.in the grocery store, a father of a baby, was behind me in the line towards the counter, carrying a small can of milk. he gave his last money to the cashier and the cashier said "kulang pa po" which means, your money isnt enough. i was in an instant ready to help, since i believe he was stil a responsible father to buy his child milk though he really cant afford it. surprisingly, the amount of money that is short buying the milk is the exact change of what i bought in the grocery store. i immediately gave it to the cashier and told her, he can have my change. the father was heart struck and tears came falling from his eyes, he cant even say the words "thank you" because i know he will surely cry hard. then when i was about to leave the grocery store, i was surprised he waited for me to say thank you. Well thats it, i was not insane and im mentally balanced but i paid for the grocery of the father of a child for his child's milk.

Of course I would asked him/her about the motive why he/she wants to pay my groceries.I think there might be some motives underlying her/his actions of paying my groceries.If in the case that he/she would like to just spend her/his money just fore the sake of helping other people then maybe I would agree that he /she will be the one to pay for my groceries without any liabilities on my side.I must be grateful for his/her acts of giving.

I don't think I would feel comfortable letting somebody else pay for my shopping. My first reaction would be to think that they were up to something! I would probably feel embarrassed too, even if they were doing purely out of kindness. It's quite hard to judge these days who is being genuine and who is just a bit crazy!!

Yes, but I would also wonder why they wanted to pay for my groceries. I think I would be pleasantly surprise but also a little questioning their motives b/c that is just the society that we live in today.

Well honestly, I think my first reaction would probably be something like, yeh sure, do you want to buy me a car too, as I would feel it was a joke and wouldn't want to stick my foot in it. If they seemed sincere, then it would depend on if I knew who it was or if it was just a perfect stranger, and listen for what they told me was their reasoning for doing so. I know this happens sometimes, even in our messed up world, but how is a person supposed to know if you are on the up and up or somekind of pervert or serial killer waiting for a way into you life? I would be very careful to say the least. I am a christian too, and I know how you feel, on days that I see someone in front of me with little kids and has to scrimp on what they get just to keep going. It breaks my heart.

I would definitely be astounded and I think simply because of our world today wonder "why" before anything else. But I have to confess, I've done a R.A.K. before and while the people were astounded at my generousity they accepted and thanked me. If I could see that the person was genuine and wasn't some whack job I think I'd accept and tell them thank you. After all there's a reason they do it and they obviously want to make someone's day. It would be a Godsend to me, being a single mom, to have someone buy this week's groceries!

I think I would have to pass. I'd think it was a generous offer but I tend to spend a lot on groceries....like Friday was 212.00...it wasn't all food (there was a big b-day present) but I don't think someone should have to pay for my groceries. Now if they wanted to donate to the American Cancer Society or Visiting Nurses Association in my name that would be more than appreciated.

Actually this sort of happened to me recently. I was at the BX and when we started to leave, my 13 month old really wanted a burrito from Taco Bell. So we got in line. He was kinda fussy and tired and hungry, too, I guess. I was carrying him, two bags of stuff, my purse and the diaper bag. The guy in front of me in line told the cashier that he was paying for our food, too aparently. After I ordered, the cashier handed me the cups and then gave the guy in front of me some change. I was confused at first. Then I realized that he had paid for my food. I thought it was really nice. I asked him why he had done it, since I didn't know him, and he just said so I wouldn't have to try to dig in my purse and balance everything. I told him that it wasn't a problem because I was used to it, but he said "Just consider it an unknown friend helping an unknown friend." and smiled. It was very nice. I do nice things for people a lot, too. But usually not involving money. It's made me want to do extra nice things for people now, though.

I am not sure if they are joking though I will definitely suspecting they are being sarcastic - like I took their money by mistake or something. But I will not accept the offer. No reason for me to. If I didn't expect to pay for my own groceries, I wouldn't have queued up to pay for them. :P

why would they do that on purpose.I dont think it is a good idea to accept their offer.It may lead to bad.