pay for the person behind me

I was at the corner store today. The little boy in front of me told me to go ahead of him, because I had more stuff. I did, and then I told the woman that I’d take care of his 3 lollipops. It was less than $1, but I could tell it made his Sunday.

:)

i’m in college, and an international student from Africa needed a ride desperately to fix his bank account, but his bank was a half hour away. I told him to hop in :) I sat in the car.. for well, an hour while he was inside, but thankfully i did. Someone had stolen his card number and was stealing his money. It was all worth it :)

I want to try this hihi

When I worked at Tim Hortons’ Drive Thru, I remember this man who always used to drive through and pay for the next driver waiting in line for his/her coffee. Of course, the man was fairly wealthy to do that regularly, but the annonymous act of making someone’s day just a tad bit better really enlightened me. That is something I’ve always wanted to do.

Sometimes, just knowing that you’re helping someone in some random way – without any particular reason or specificity – is comfort in itself. You can go on with the rest of your day saying to yourself: “Hey, I did this act of kindness today. I ensured myself that someone… one single person… in this world of 6.7 billion was affected by my good intentions. I made someone completely out of my circle of aquaintances and close relations SMILE today – if even for just a moment.”

Isn’t that how we make a difference anyway – “change the world” as they say? One insignificant gesture – one significant smile – at a time.

This would be such a great thing to do for someone without them knowing. Just have to wait till I’m not a student on a budget.

I’d like to do this. I have an online friend who was really struggling financially and didn’t know how they were going to pay all the bills and still buy groceries for the family.

Standing in line at the grocery and fretting about it and praying for an answer. When she got to the checkout the cashier rang up her items and when she wanted to swipe her debit card the cashier stopped her and said “use this.” It was a gift card that the lady in line in front of her had bought and told the cashier to gift her with… the lady was long gone by this time.

I think that’s another pretty cool way to do this.

I love doing this. It is great, especially if you can get away before they find out! This is easiest done in a drive-through restaurant. My family and I were in Gatlinburg one year for business, and stopped at the A&W drive-in. The car across from us said “Just married”. We asked the waitress for their ticket and paid for their meal. This is a great way to random acts of kindness!

This is an amazing idea. I love random acts of kindness. They make people feel so good.

thanks for the idea.

Will do this for a couple, or a parent and a kid far enough behind me in line so they don’t know who did it.