Dear Editor,
On the morning of March 6, around 10:30am, I walked into GEBE’s office to pay my light and water bills. I also pay light and water bills for my senior sister, who only gets NAf. 200 and some change. She worked at Mullet Bay and Great Bay for many years. She has a few children. By the way, she was married to an Antillean man who passed away. They took away her widow’s pension also. My wife was busy at W.I. Bank, so I went to GEBE.
While there a baldhead black man came in, hailed myself by name and started a conversation. A little old coloured lady was at the window with her light and water bill. At that moment I heard the cashier telling the little old lady she had to come back before a certain time to pay, otherwise her lights would be cut that afternoon for just US $16. The things in her fridge would have spoiled. I said with all the power outages now this!
My friend, this bald man went in front of me to the cashier’s window, took out some money and offered to pay the $16 for the old lady. He gave the cashier the money – $16 – and paid it for the poor old lady. She in turn thanked him and offered to repay him. He told her that it is okay, not needed.
That old lady would have to catch a bus, go home and come back – maybe $8-10. This is karma: whatever you do good will come back to you multiple times. And whatever you do bad will also come back multiple times.
God bless this kind-hearted local man for helping this poor old lady, while forgetting to find out if she had bus money to get home. Thank you my friend. Bless you – as one would say: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
An observant citizen.
Name withheld at author's request.
