I got a call from my mother this morning and she told me the following story that went a little something like this:
*ring, ring*
"Hello?"
"Hey there, I had something really cool just happened to me and I wanted to share it with you."
"Ah, cool, what happened?"
"Well, I don't go to Chick Fil A very often, but I drive by and figured, what the heck, I really could use a chicken sandwich."
"I remember we used to get their cole slaw all the time."
"Yeah. So, I placed my order and went to pay with my credit card like usual. But the lady at the counter said, 'oh, it's already been taken care of.'"
"Do you have some sort of secret admirer following you around?"
"Ha! I wish! She informed me that a man had recently gone through the drive thru and paid extra money and told her that the next few orders were on him! Can you believe it?"
"Wow, that's an awesome story!"
"Yeah, I thought it was really cool and just wanted to share. Have a good day."
"You too, mom!"
*click*
I think that random acts of kindness like this are just absolutely amazing. Even though I wasn't personally involved, it made my day just hearing about it, so I figured I'd share in hopes that it keeps things like this happening (both the acts of kindness and the ensuing good feelings). If we can all find a little bit of time in our days to do things like this, imagine how wonderful it would be.
You could take it a step further and leave a few by leaving a few of your business cards with the money, so that people know some random, really nice Realtor just bought them lunch and didn't even hit them over the head with a sales pitch. Who knows? It might just get you a new client!
So, to the random guy who bought my mom a free lunch for no other purpose except to just be a nice guy, thanks!
Know someone looking for a home in the Dallas/Denton/Fort Worth area? We heart referrals!
Wonder if he was one link in a chain of other generous acts.
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