Mum breaks down in tears after kind stranger pays for her groceries after realising she didn’t have enough money
A MUM has revealed she was reduced to tears after a kind stranger offered to pay for her food shopping, after realising she didn’t have enough money.
The "emotional" woman said she was "grabbing a few things for dinner" when the worst happened - she had miscalculated and couldn’t afford her groceries.
She faced the humiliating task of telling the cashier to put some things back, when a kind-hearted man stepped in.
The bloke, who was stood behind her in the queue, saw what was happening and told the broke mum he’d cover the rest of the bill.
His actions saw her end up "bawling"; on the spot, as she shared the kind gesture on Facebook, giving thanks to the man.
Writing on Facebook group, the mum, from Melbourne, said: “As it was all being scanned I realised I couldn’t afford everything I had picked up, so was asking the checkout lady to please put some things aside as I couldn’t afford them.
“So almost finished doing this and me feeling embarrassed as anything and apologising to my son for having to put things back, when the man [in] line behind us said it’s ok you pay for what you can and I will cover the rest.”
Despite being in the middle of a supermarket with her son, the mum said she couldn’t hold back the tears.
She continued: “I just started bawling, and couldn’t thank him enough.
“I just couldn’t believe it, as this has never happened before, I am forever grateful to this man, he is amazing.
I just started bawling, and couldn’t thank him enough
Mum
“If he happens to be on the page, thank you so much sir, you have no idea how much you helped someone who was on the verge of having an anxiety attack.”
The mum added it had inspired her to "pay it forward", saying: “This man has put my faith back into humanity again, so very grateful for his generosity and kindness.”
Her touching message of gratitude racked up more than 3,000 likes, as people praised the gentleman.
Commenting on the sweet act, one person said: “That's so beautiful, there are still lots of special people in this crazy time. You take care.”
Another wrote: “Warms my heart that there are so many kind hearted people in our day to day lives.”
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