Strangers with good intentions

Yesterday we went grocery shopping.

My mother went to the toothpaste aisle to get four tubes of toothpaste. She dropped it in my push cart and disappeared to another aisle while I cross over to the sweets section.

One of the staff of the supermarket went to me and asked if it's the same cart where the lady (my mom) placed the four tubes of toothpaste. He told me that he's going to replace the toothpaste tubes with the promo ones so we can save more money.

Seeing that he was in uniform, I said yes, so he bent over and reached for the four tubes and replaced it with two "buy-one-get-one" packs. I agreed but still with suspicion because I am the queen of "buy one take one" signs and I swear, that's not on the display, especially with this Christmas season. And I am also the queen of paranoia that strangers, especially male, who talks to me out of nowhere automatically goes to my "budol-budol" (swindler) list.

After 5 mins, thinking I'm scammed, I went back to the toothpaste aisle to make a quick scan. The guy in uniform was there, monitoring customers. I made a quick scan to check if I missed out the buy one get one sign, it was not there. I still kept the two tubes that he gave me earlier.

As we were paying for the toothpaste, I told the lady if I may open the tube to see the actual size. I turned to see if there are actually two tubes inside. Because if it turns out to be just one tube inside the pack, I'm going to take it up to the manager. But no. Two tubes are inside the box, in perfect condition.

This guy really wanted us to save money through the promo packs that they have in hiding. I don't know if that is even legal, because he told me about it in a low voice as if what he is doing is supposed to be a secret. Maybe there are strangers with genuinely good intentions. And no, he didn't even ask for a tip or something.

P.S.
As if my realization wasn't enough, I sent my sister Aprille back to the toothpaste aisle, to see how much we have saved and yes, we saved a lot. Thank you dear stranger.

For the purpose of privacy, I will not disclose the brand of toothpaste, the name of the grocery store and as well as the branch location.

Christmas is in two days! Happy holidays everyone!