‘You never know what someone is going through’: Coles shopper left in tears after customer’s heartwarming act of kindness at the checkout
- A shopper has been blown away after another woman showed an act of kindness
- Amanda said she was unable to pay for an item as she was on a ‘tight budget’
- But to her surprise the customer behind her offered to pay for the product
- The cashier also reduced the price to $5, leaving Amanda bawling her eyes out
A Coles shopper has burst into tears at the checkout after another customer showed a wonderful act of kindness.
Amanda, from Adelaide, South Australia, wrote of her experience on Facebook and said she was unable to pay for an item as she was on a ‘tight budget’.
But to her surprise the customer behind her offered to pay for the product in a heartwarming act of kindness, which had also been reduced to $5 by the cashier.
Feeling blown away from generosity, Amanda said she started ‘bawling her eyes out’.
Coles shopper Amanda said she was unable to pay for an item as she was on a ‘tight budget’, but to her surprise the customer behind her offered to pay for the product in a heartwarming act of kindness
‘I just want to say thank you,’ she wrote online.
‘So I’ve been feeling really down lately and money is very tight so food shopping is on a tight budget.
‘I was at the checkout and was going to have to leave an item behind so the lady behind me offered to pay for it.’
‘Then the checkout clerk reduced the price to $5 because of this lovely gesture. I just bawled my eyes out in the middle of Coles!’ she continued.
‘There are still lovely, kind-hearted people out there I am so thankful and I will find a way to pay it forward. Thank you so much whoever you are, you just restored my faith in humanity.’
The incredible act of kindness humbled others online, with one woman saying it was the ‘best post’ she had read in ages.
Another added the offer was a ‘lovely gesture’ by both the customer and cashier.