A young man noticed an elderly woman following him around the supermarket. She mirrored his movements and kept staring at him. Eventually, at the checkout, she approached him and said, “I hope I haven’t made you uncomfortable; you look so much like my late son.” The man assured her, “It’s okay.”
She then made an odd request: “I know it sounds silly, but if you could call out, ‘Goodbye, Mom’ as I leave the store, it would make me so happy.”
The man agreed and, as she left, called out, “Goodbye, Mom!” She waved and smiled, clearly happy. Feeling good about making her day, the man went to pay for his groceries. The clerk then said, “Your total is $121.85.” Surprised, the man asked, “How is it so much?”
