At the restaurant

In chapter fifteen a little more kindness is shown by people. At a small restaurant a father and his two boys come in. As soon as they come in the two children go over to a little candy machine and gaze at it. The father asks the waitress if he can buy some bread for a nickel. She says she can not sell it to him because its not a grocery store and even if she could that it would cost fifteen cents. The cook of the restaurant then tells her to sell him the bread for the nickel. She does and then gets some of the candy for the boys for two cents even though its worth five. This part is just nice to read because the workers at the restaurant show some humanity and compassion for the people who were most likely out of food. It was extremely nice of them to sell them the bread for a third of the price. I’m sure that the father was really only trying to look out for the well being of his children. I also think that he would have paid full price if he could have, but that may have been the last of their money. One part of this I didn’t really understand was the part with the truckers. After the family leaves, some truckers that were in the restaurant make a comment about how the candy cost more than what the waitress charged for it. Before she can say anything they say that they have to leave and hey leave some change on the counter. The walk away and she tells they that they have change and then one of them says, “You go to hell.” I thought this part was really weird. I think that the truckers were upset by the fact that the waitress and cook of the restaurant wanted to help and showed sympathy to the people passing by. Really I think they did a great thing for them.