Another reason to not smoke

I forgot about this moment over the weekend. When Ali and I were out shopping I was dying of thirst from sweating so much in the morning. So I stopped at a gas station/mini-mart. I go in and pick up my Yoohoo and go to the counter to pay. I have a one and twenty dollar bill in my wallet. The total was like $1.45 so I gave her a twenty. “I can’t make change for this” she says. “You can’t make change for a twenty dollar bill???” I said in disbelief while making a face that I’m sure said “WTF” “How can’t you have change for a twenty” I continued. She said something about just starting her shift, so I guess that means each new shift has no change, good plan. “Fine I’ll go out to my car and dig around for money” So I go out and find some quarters to pay the tab with. By the time I got back in there was a redneck type of guy there who just asked for two packs of cigarettes. The second the first pack hits his hands he immediately starts slamming it into his palm, the move smokers do to tap the tobacco down into the cigarettes I assume. He was doing this very hard and fast like he was trying to beat the shit out of them. He miscalculated on one blow and it glanced off his palm, rocketing the pack of cigarettes across the counter at the clerk that has no change. He tried to not look embarrassed as the clerk gave them back to him as he immediately went back to pounding the pack. He anxiously ripped the pack open and threw a cigarette in his mouth as he walked out. I paid the woman for my Yoohoo and left happy for yet another reason I am glad I never took up smoking.