c/random-acts-of-kindness

Last week a stranger paid for my groceries when my card got declined at the register

I was at the checkout line at Safeway in Portland around 6pm, had a cart full of stuff for the week, and my debit card just decided to crap out. Swiped it twice, nothing. The guy behind me, some dude probably in his 50s with a Seahawks hat on, just reaches around and hands the cashier a $50 bill. Told me to keep the change and walked off before I could even get his name. I stood there for a solid 10 seconds trying to process what just happened. The cashier just shrugged and said this happens sometimes here. I tried to catch up to him in the parking lot but he was already gone. Has anyone else had a stranger just step in like that out of nowhere?

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mason_foster68•1mo ago

Overheard a cashier tell an old lady her coupon expired yesterday

I was at the grocery line behind this older woman who had a 50-cent coupon that expired yesterday. The cashier just smiled, scanned it anyway, and said 'looks good to me.' That small lie probably made her whole day and cost the store nothing.

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patriciacarr•1mo ago

Question about the woman who paid for my coffee and then disappeared

I was at a Dunkin Donuts in Cleveland last Tuesday, and the woman ahead of me paid for my iced coffee. She just told the cashier to add it to her order, smiled at me, and walked out before I could even say thanks. It was only $4.50, but it stuck with me because she didn't wait for any recognition. I've been trying to do the same thing for someone else ever since, but I always feel awkward just leaving. Has anyone else had a random stranger do something like this for them?

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