After a strenuous day, you were carrying groceries from the store. Along the way, a short, red-haired young man in peculiar attire had been walking near you for quite some time. His piercings might have labeled him as a troublemaker. You had contemplated ignoring him, but at the pedestrian crossing, he abruptly snatched the bag of groceries from your hands.

Buddha once said to assist sluggish individuals at pedestrian crossings

he remarked with a playful smirk