Stranger

That day, I met a stranger who I’d never seen him before in my neighborhood. And I was scared by him. From that case, I got more experience for myself. I know how to solve some problems that really makes me crazy or nervous under some kind of situations. Also, I know that I shouldn’t be panic, I should first think of a clever way to solve that problem. And everything is going to be fine.

The incident was happened about one year ago, when I was still working in a bakery. On a Sunday, I was the only person in that store and there were very few guests sitting on the chairs and drinking coffee. My friends Winnie and Sharon were working in there too. Meanwhile, they were in the kitchen. Thus, I needed to help all the guests who came in if they wanted to buy some cakes.

However, I still could handle it, because only a few people came in. When I was standing there and thinking about some things, a stranger came in. He told me that he wanted to buy a piece of cake, which he was looking for. Then, I told him that it cost 60 cents, he gave me one dollar for buying that. I opened the cash register, and took out 40 cents for him. During that time, my friends Winnie and Sharon walked out from the kitchen. That stranger saw them came out, and pointed on that 40 cents, said to me "Why did you just give me this, you should give me 9 dollars and 40 cents back, because I paid 10 dollars to you." I didn’t know why he said that, but the only thing I knew was that he was a liar.

Winnie stood next to me, I tried to talk to that stranger very patiently although I know that he wanted to get the money by using that trick, "I didn’t take ten dollars from you, I just received one dollar." That stranger knows that I was the only one who saw him paid one dollar, thus, he just kept arguing with me. Or even he yelled at me, he thought if he got a louder voice than mine, everyone would think that he was right. And he might get the money.

Sharon and Winnie both saw what that stranger did, they did understand. Then they told me that if I went to call the boss to come, she might solve that problem, and also make him know that he couldn’t use this way to make money for himself. Afterward, I called the boss, her name was Karen, and I called her to come and told her how the whole thing happened. She didn’t’ say anything to me, and made me feel so sorry because I thought that she would think it was my fault. I saw her pick up the phone, pretend to dial 911, and talked on that phone in front of him. Karen wanted to make him panic because he would think that she was telling the police to come.

Finally, he told all of us that he found that ten dollars in his own pocket, that was a mistake he made, and he apologized to us. We all just pretended that we did trust him, and said "that’s ok" at the same time. Then we were all laughing, even that stranger, he did it too. Everyone in that bakery, including the guests, we all admired Karen, we all thought the way she solved the problem.