What a pleasant surprise I received at Target, just now

[Siwsan]

I went in to see if they had the kind of kitten kibble the boys like. No such luck. As I was wandering out I saw the cereal aisle and decided to buy a big box of Special K with Red Berries. Nights when I just don't have a specific appetite, I eat a bowl of cereal.

There was a young man in line, in front of me, just finishing what looked like a complicated purchase via a gift card. All of a sudden he told the clerk to add my cereal to his total! It took me a second to comprehend. His explanation was that I just looked like a good person. I thanked him profusely and vowed to pay it forward. He smiled.

[tblue37]

1. That is so sweet!

[highplainsdem]

2. Lovely story! And what a great kid!

[soldierant]

50. And what a perceptive kid!

It's not always as easy as it sounds to recognize a good person without prior knowledge, and he was spot on.

[Srkdqltr]

3. What a sweet thing for him to do.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. He had you spotted, didn't he! Good person, indeed!

[PJMcK]

5. Great story!

One Christmas Day, while driving to visit family, I pulled up to the toll booth I used to drive through every day. This was before electronic tolling and I was sort-of friendly with the toll taker since I would see him fairly often. After wishing him a merry Christmas, I paid my toll as well as that for the car behind me. When I saw the toll taker the following week, he told me that I started a trend that lasted about 8 or 10 cars!

Enjoy the cereal.

[DENVERPOPS]

16. There are so many good people out there

It seems the good people have focused on being even better, especially to others less fortunate.

Where did all the total assholes come from??????????

Last week someone, late at night, siphoned all the gas out of my truck that I park out on the street. I thought that maybe I should just tape a twenty dollar bill inside the gas tank door, but figured they would just take the twenty AND siphon off all my gas.....Not Funny.....

[DeeDeeNY]

6. He was very perceptive! You are definitely a good person

Your kindness is evident from your posts.

[calimary]

9. I second that!

[Lunabell]

7. Aw, sweet!

I love random acts of kindness.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

8. Maybe he was...

a stray cat in a past life. 😸

[Fla Dem]

10. Of many people something like that should happen to, you are certainly one of them!

[LoisB]

11. What a sweet story. Kindness to the kind from the kind.

nt

[KS Toronado]

12. At Dillions 3 weeks ago

A 20 something Mexican who had his wife's shopping list and everything on the list was ahead of me in line.
Grocery total was $68.?? and he only had $60, began by handing the checkout clerk the baby diapers to see
how much it would reduce his bill. I thought that wasn't going to make his wife happy, so I handed him a $10
and refused the change. The look on his face was my reward.
His look....

[NJCher]

14. very sweet

eom

[c-rational]

22. ❤ Lovely.

[JudyM]

34. Beautiful thing to do, KS Toronado!

Your post is making all of us smile, too. ❤️

[homegirl]

38. Times are tough

when I leave the supermarket with a trunk load of groceries I keep a $5.00 bill on the seat next to me. There is usually someone at the traffic light with a sign asking for help. We can all afford to give - and we should.

[Nay]

55. Oh, my! I do this, too! The last person I gave a fiver to actually started crying. It's tough

out there, folks.

[StarryNite]

13. Reading this brightened my day.

[DENVERPOPS]

15. Bless you

my wife and I have done the exact same thing in grocery stores. We are retired and far from rich, but comfortable.

My wife is an angel and knits thick wool scarves and puts one in a grocery bag with nutrition bars, Gatorade, socks, personal care items, and a ten dollar bill. She puts them in her car, and everyone along her drive who is homeless, she stops and gives one to them.......
Last week when the temp got below zero here, she loaded up her car with her bags and drove around until she distributed all the bags she had..........

I am nominating her for sainthood....................

[Skittles]

36. aw man

I love her too!

[DENVERPOPS]

37. She is the most loved and most

incredible woman I have ever met.........

She knocked my socks off the first night I went out with her.......

The homeless handbags are just one of hundreds of things she does for others.......

[electric_blue68]

48. Blessings upon her...

I'm such a slow crocheter - otherwise I'd might do hats.

Once I did a more chunky hat as donation to a yarn store that would bundle them all up and donate them at the end of their drive.

I wonder if chunky yarn neck warmers at least be a little help? Or ear warner's?

Opinions, pls. Good idea?
If I started sometime in the spring, I could get maybe a bunch done.

[DENVERPOPS]

49. Almost

anything and everything helps them........they are living a continual nightmare in so many ways......

The neck scarfs my wife knits for them is really large furry yarn....

[electric_blue68]

51. Would you ask her what she's using. I could probably find something similar 👍

[DENVERPOPS]

57. Just

"knitting" yarn ????????

[electric_blue68]

58. Sorry, if I wasn't clear! Please ask her what brand, and type of yarn...

of the "large, furry yarn" (as you put it) she is using to knit those neck scarves.

Yarn is almost always all around yarn used for knitting, crocheting, etc. 👍
And thanks, no rush. 🙂

[DENVERPOPS]

60. She doesn't remember

and threw the skein? wrapper away. I'll try to remember to watch when she buys some more and send you the info......
Knitting is totally new to her.........

[Nay]

56. What a great idea! Blessings on your lovely wife! nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. Love, love LOVE those RAOK!

And I'm sure you WILL pay it forward.

[aggiesal]

18. I've done that twice and both revolved around birthdays ...

I was in line at a store and the person behind was purchasing a birthday gift for themself.
The person wanted the item as a gift but nobody gifted it. So I told the cashier to add the purchase and I said Happy Birthday.

A second time, a young family was in front of me at Costco trying to buy groceries including a birthday cake for one of their young kids. When they cashed out, they couldn't afford the cake so they asked to put it back. I told the cashier to let them know that I'd pay for it and tell them not to leave. So when it was my turn I paid for the cake, then rang my groceries.

Both thanked me, and told them not to worry, but when you see the same thing, pay it forward. Both agreed.

Happy for your surprise!

[hippywife]

19. That was karma...

for all the care you give the kittehs.

[Emile]

20. Wow, that was really sweet!

[Pas-de-Calais]

21. Pay it forward for wife & I is usually in

Starbucks drive thru.
Pull up for pay & pick up to find out the car in front paid for your order

Xmas time our $27 order was picked up!
I repaid the favor by doing same to the next 4 customers, in order to get close to our total

[Picaro]

23. You deserve any and all RAOK

Siswan you are very kind and that kindness, I believe, draws kindness to to you.

[liberalla]

24. That IS a nice surprise! Your energy is radiating out and he couldn't miss it!

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

25. That is so awesome.

My friend and I were at a coffee drive through yesterday and the people in the car ahead of us had paid for our drinks. Sometimes things good just happen to remind us that there is still common decency and goodness in these hard times.

[NurseJackie]

26. I love stories like this!

Thank you for sharing!

[Totally Tunsie]

27. Your kindness radiates so much that a stranger can see it!

Just imagine what your kitties must feel for you.

[Aussie105]

28. Yeah but!

The Kitty Kibble!

Kitties is gonna starve!

Biden's economy is coming crashing down!

. . . . never mind me, I'm just trying to think like a Republican, seeing the downside in everything and blaming Joe . . . and it really hurts my brain!

[Siwsan]

29. Never fear - I found it elsewhere!

Shocking lack of canned cat food on the shelves. I've got 2 more cans for the ferals that I am using sparingly when I mix it with the dry.

The boys's canned kitten food is well stocked in the pantry, for now.

[blueinredohio]

30. How nice.

Goes to show there are still good people in the world.

[electric_blue68]

45. Oh, there's Many, many good people in this world. You nust don't hear much about them

[Karadeniz]

31. Something like that puts you in a great mood all day!!!

[sellitman]

32. That's wonderful

Never had that happen to me.

[JudyM]

35. You've been paying it forward all along, Siwsan.

Kindness-karma.

Betting he was a Dem.

[niyad]

39. Thank you for sharing that kind moment.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

40. Nice guy

Special K with berries
is hellova good.

[wendyb-NC]

41. Aw, that was so sweet of him

He's right, you are a good person. You are so kind, in how you care for your 2 kitties and also make sure the feral cats and kittens outside are fed
food and have shelter from the storms of winter.

[samplegirl]

42. That's great!

I’ve never had that happen to me anywhere

[Hoyt]

43. Rescued cat karma.

[MFM008]

44. i looked so pathetic

an angel in man form bought all my baked goods for me when I ran out of money in the line close to Christmas at Safeway....

[electric_blue68]

46. Three times over a ?two yr period people in front of me paid for my groceries...

I was a bit careful with my money, but not strapped for cash. Maybe tired, but not bedraggled looking.

I declined at first, but let them.


I try to, and do small, and modest good deeds of various sorts much of my life. That's how my folks raised me.

[electric_blue68]

47. Wonderful story.

[catbyte]

52. Are you having a canned cat food shortage where you are?

The cat food shelves at the small, independent grocery store I shop at have been almost bare for a few weeks now. I asked about it and they said their supplier can't get anything. Even larger chains like Kroger are having trouble and stocks are down. I've been able to get my deliveries of canned food but even they have been delayed. Outside Kitty refuses to eat any sort of "pate" type of canned food and forget kibble, lol, so it's been dicey. He's the pickiest feral I've ever encountered. My cats love kibble and I haven't had any problems with kibble deliveries.

It's weird.

[Siwsan]

53. I most definitely am

I have plenty for the boys, right now and Gryff prefers dry food. Madoc is happy with either. BUT the canned food I buy for the ferals is out of stock and has been for a while. Fortunately I bought extra the last time I saw it, but now I'm down to the last two cans. They really love the wet/dry mix but I'm having to make it drier. I bought a couple of cans of sardines to substitute, if I run out of wet food for them. I'll just shred the fish and try to stretch it as far as I can.

I check, every single day, to see if they restock.

[TuxedoKat]

59. Yes

Been a shortage here since late last summer. I stock up as much as I can but feel guilty buying it when others need it too. One cat is so finicky too. There are only a few varieties she deigns to eat.

[ChazInAz]

54. Bastet rewarded you.