Yes, I’ve heard of it happening before; but, it’s the first time that it has ever happened to me!!!
On Saturdays I help a friend with her booth at the local flea market. Normally, I stop in at a Bojangle’s to get a breakfast biscuit to hold me over until I can get back home to eat. Today the line was unusually long & (of course) I was running late so my patience was a tad bit thin. When the lady in front of me got to the window, she handed the cashier a note instead of cash. My brain immediately goes to thinking that she’s robbing the place, so I start memorizing her tag number, the make & model of her car, & anything else that the cops might ask. During all this she just kept talking to the cashier & I was growing even more impatient. Finally she drives off & I pull up to the window. The cashier looks at me & says The lady in front of you wanted me to give you this & he handed me a note that read May God bless you…Merry Christmas!!! Then he told me that she had paid for my order. So, in the tradition of Christmas, I handed him the note back, paid for the car behind me & told him to keep the thought going as long as he could & then I wished him a very Merry Christmas. I don’t know what happened once I drove off. I might have be the only one to pay it forward (or would that be backward) but I hope that several more people had a pleasant surprise this morning!!!