Helped a guy at the grocery store checkout and he paid it forward 3 times over

I was at the Stop & Shop in Watertown last Saturday and this older guy in front of me was short on his total by like $8.50. He was about to put back a carton of eggs and some milk, so I just handed the cashier a ten and said cover it. He thanked me and left. Two weeks later I'm at the same store and a lady taps me on the shoulder saying someone wanted her to buy my coffee. Turns out it was the same guy I helped, he saw me in the parking lot and gave the cashier $5 for whatever I was buying. So I took that and bought a pack of granola bars for the kid behind me who was begging his mom for a snack. Has anyone else had a small good deed just keep going like that?

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evan_jenkins10d ago

That part where the same guy spotted you in the parking lot and bought your coffee really hit home. I had a similar thing happen at a WaWa near my house - I covered a woman's gas after she realized she left her wallet at home, and about a month later I found a note on my car with a $10 gift card inside, no name or anything. Little things like that just keep bouncing around, you know? Makes you feel like maybe people are paying more attention than we think.

bettywilson10d ago

@evan_jenkins same here, I once grabbed a mom's forgotten coupon at Target and the next week someone left a $5 bill under my windshield wiper with a sticky note that just said "pay it forward." It's wild how these small things circle back around.