Stealin' My Candy

It was a bit ironic that I blogged yesterday about staying calm in difficult situations because today I encountered a difficult situation. At work today my job was to promote the Costco American Express credit card (free with your Costco membership, no annual fee, cash back on everything you buy, blah blah blah). I was getting tired of standing at the table all day, so I decided to go over to the registers and talk to the members there. I asked one woman if she knew anything about the Costco American Express card and she just made an ugly face and said, "Yeah. I do. I had one before and it's a scam." I asked her to explain what she meant, and she went on and on (very loudly) about how much she hated the card. I simply said, "I'm sorry you feel that way. Have a good day!" And then I continued on to talk to other members. I had kind of forgotten about that woman's negative attitude, and I started walking back toward my table to get more pamphlets. As soon as I looked at the table, there was that woman, with a friend, and they were both loading candy from my bowl into their jacket pockets. When I say loading, I really mean loading. They each took turns holding each other's pockets open while the other one shoveled the candy in. I couldn't believe it! First they were knocking the card that I was promoting, and then they were taking all my candy while I wasn't looking. It took all that was in me not to go over there and ask them what the heck they thought they were doing. I just took a couple of deep breaths, and slowly walked back to the table as they were finishing up their little heist. I realize this is kind of a silly situation, but it really made me upset and I was very tempted to act un-Godly. Lord, thank You for granting me peace at work today.