100s of Customers Pay for Each Others’ Starbucks; 1 Jerk Ruins it All

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. Wa it the last customer of the day?

I missed seeing that stated explicitly, although it's certainly possible.

But what would they do if somebody pulled up with only exact change? Not carrying credit cards, just the exact amount to pay for what they were ordering? Would they simply offer to 'pay forward' exactly that amount, telling the next car, 'The car before you paid 2.25 of your order'?

Once or twice, I've done something similar in a grocery store, when I noticed somebody with food stamps behind me, handing the cashier (whom I've known for years, and therefore trust not to simply pocket the cash) an extra $20 and told her to use it for the person behind me. But I don't expect them to simply pass that money along in some weird 'chain' gesture. I offered it for them to use, not for the ultimate recipient to be some random person who might very well be far more well off than myself.