Plastic tumblers and standing up

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Seeing as we are right around St.Patrick's Day I thought I would tell you about something that happened a few years ago. It's probably some mundane detail from my life, but it stuck out quite a bit in my mind. 4 years ago, I went with some friends up north. Real party destination and tourist spot in north Minnesota. It's usually jam packed in summer, but it was quiet when we went - which was for St. Patrick's day. See the local area had a ton of bars having specials and the locally famous "St.Patrick's Day Parade". It was unseasonably warm and the parade was fun. There were these 2 loud (probably drunk) college age girls next to me. But they were nice to little old me and we were all having a good time. Of course the floats threw the traditional goodies like candy and beads. One threw a plastic tumbler or drinking glass emblazoned with the logo of a local photographer. It landed near the loud college girls and rolled right next to my foot. So I picked it up. The loud college girl exclaimed that her tumbler was "stolen" from her. I struck me wrong. It rolled near my feet, so I picked it up. It isn't like I ripped it out of her hands or something. Normally I wouldn't have said anything and I would have felt ashamed for the rest of the parade. But this one I wasn't going to let slide. I strode up to her and told her that I only picked it up because it rolled near my feet. I held it out and I said "here, take it. You need it worse than I do." Or something like that. To which she blushed and said no thanks. Everytime I use the tumbler, I think about standing up for myself. As a side note - do businesses in your area make customized tumblers like these? They are quickly becoming a favorite of mine, even though I have nice glass drinking glasses. DO you have an item in particular that reminds you of a time you did something positive. Photo:mine - It's my plastic tumbler collection with the St.Patrick's day one front and center.