Employees of Chick-fil-A on Southwest Drive say they are
used to seeing customers pay it forward, but they never expected to see such a
large act of generosity as they did on Monday night.
At around 7 p.m. on Monday, a man who identified himself simply
as John, ordered his food and handed the cashier $1,000.
"Here is ten $100 bills and I would like to pay everybody
else in the line," Brian LaCrois, the franchise owner said. "For the
next hour, he bought everyone's meal."
The good deed would help serve 88 customer's orders. Team leader
Duste Wolf says she was stunned when the employee approached her asking what to
do.
"I asked him, did you win the lottery today?!" Wolf
recalled. "He said Mondays are tough and wanted everyone to have a good
day."
His actions would have many customers behind puzzled, and
shocked. LaCroix said even a lady started crying after hearing about the story.
"She just had an awful day," LaCroix said. "We
told her the story and she just started crying."
The anonymous gesture was buzzed around the restaurant the next
day. The good deed continues to overwhelm some customers and the employees who
were fortunate enough to witness him pay it forward.
"It reminds you how important it is to think of
others," Barry Taylor, a customer said. "Putting a joy in other
people's lives unexpectedly is a real blessing."
Management says they ended up giving the gentleman a free meal
after giving the large sum of money. He ended up ordering an 8-piece chicken
nugget with a Dr. Pepper to drink.
On Tuesday, Chick-fil-A's marketing team posted on their
Facebook page a post asking customers who received the benefit to message them
about their experience.
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