Kindness of Strangers
After church today we decided to give Pizza Hut a try. We never eat there but I have been craving their pizza, or more accurately the crust. We walked in and were seated, the only people there besides a gentleman eating alone in the corner. After we ordered the place filled up and we payed little attention to the other patrons.
Our food took a while and I was a little grouchy about not getting our appetizer until after our pizza. I do tend to get just a little cranky when hungry. The manager walked over to our table and said our meal had been taken care of. Not because our order had been lost. Nothing to do with them at all.
The gentleman who had been seated upon our arrival had finished and paid for his meal shortly before this occurred. We had glanced his way, but paid no attention other than to note that we didn’t know him. For some reason, completely unknown to us, he decided to pay for our meal. We will never be able to thank him, we can only hope to return his kindness to someone else. I hope this will serve as a reminder to us to do unexpected nice things for strangers or, even more difficult, for those we know and love.
The kindness of strangers never ceases to amaze me.
what an awesome thing!!
he may have seen himself in you could have had a family long ago ore one now he can\’t see a great saying no act of kindness no matter how small ever go\’s unseen
some times that happens to me at Starbucks…..
Really, sometimes? Like more than once? That is pretty amazing.