The Power of the Dollar

My brother and I sat down for lunch at a family restaurant just as the party, at the next table, prepared to leave. The party was an extended family, including the two parents, their three pre-school boys, and two grandparents.

We overheard the mother telling the boys that they would be going next door to the dollar store as she gave each boy a dollar. Then, she asked them to give their grandmother and grandfather a goodbye hug.

As each boy hugged the grandfather, the grandfather jokingly asked, "If you love me, you'd give me your dollar. Would you give me your dollar?"

Each boy shook his head, "No."

I thought to myself, "Wow! Corrupted by the mighty dollar before they hit first grade."