The Web, the waves, the world--they're all full of bad news. It's kind of hard to visit a website or turn on the news without encountering some terrible event or tragic story. So, today, I add to the world a human interest story that, on a small scale, touched both my world and my heart.
The setting? The drive-thru window at Starbucks. The players? Well, J., for one and the others are unknown. That's the beauty of this.
J. went to get the seriously decaffeinated in our home (namely, he and I) some powerfully strong coffee. He came home with Starbucks, a great big smile and his wallet no less full than when he left the house. At first I thought it had a situation of someone getting the order wrong and then comping it. But, no...
There were 4 cars in line. J. was last. The first car apparently ordered a bucketload of coffee and managed to hold up the line for awhile. When J. got to the window the barista met him with a great big smile and a tale of paying it forward. Well, backward. The first guy in line paid for the car behind him. The car behind him then decided to pay for the car behind him who then decided to pay for J.'s order. What an awesome chain reaction!
Unfortunately, there was nobody behind J. to whom he could pass on the joy. We'll just have to do something random and kind some other time.
If you want to pay it forward, click on the hyperlink to find a way to do it!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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