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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:25 PM Oct 2013

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I really needed this. So, I imagine, do you.

Man Picks Up Restaurant Tab After Overhearing Strangers Getting Diagnosis

A waiter at a Boston-area restaurant witnessed an act of kindness on Tuesday night that's warmed hearts across the internet.

"While waiting tables tonight, a mother and daughter started crying mid-meal. I had no idea what happened until a single guy at the table next to them handed me this note [seen below] with his bill," wrote the waiter in a Reddit post. "Faith in humanity, restored."

HuffPost reached out to the waiter, who clarified that he couldn't confirm the relationship between the two women, but he was fairly certain they were mother and daughter. After they'd ordered, the woman whom the waiter believes was the daughter took a phone call. Both women then started crying.

What happened next was truly heartwarming: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/stranger-overhears-diagnosis-pays-tab-_n_4109542.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

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I really needed this. So, I imagine, do you. (Original Post) WilliamPitt Oct 2013 OP

Thanks, Will 1000words Oct 2013 #1

small kindnesses add up to major karma.... mike_c Oct 2013 #2

WONDERFUL!!!! calimary Oct 2013 #3

You can never go wrong by Zorra Oct 2013 #4

+1 BelgianMadCow Oct 2013 #7

Kick And Recommend cantbeserious Oct 2013 #5

A beautiful act of kindness... ReRe Oct 2013 #6

Because WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #8

Random acts of kindness lift us up and give us hope... mountain grammy Oct 2013 #9

I teared up NastyRiffraff Oct 2013 #10

Ripples, repercussions, and echoes bluedeathray Oct 2013 #11

k and r because we need all the positive, loving things we can get niyad Oct 2013 #12

Ahh. That's a good man. The Wielding Truth Oct 2013 #13

Beautiful. What humanity can actual be. RVN VET Oct 2013 #14

1000words

(7,051 posts)

1. Thanks, Will

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:27 PM

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Rec

mike_c

(36,281 posts)

2. small kindnesses add up to major karma....

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:54 PM

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Thanks for posting that.

calimary

(81,421 posts)

3. WONDERFUL!!!!

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:25 PM

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Thanks for posting this, Will! It's a breath of fresh air!

Shared!

Zorra

(27,670 posts)

4. You can never go wrong by

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:52 PM

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committing random acts of kindness and senseless beauty.

Stone set truth.

BelgianMadCow

(5,379 posts)

7. +1

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:48 PM

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so true

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

5. Kick And Recommend

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:24 PM

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eom

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

6. A beautiful act of kindness...

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:46 PM

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... Thanks for sharing it.

WilliamPitt

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8. Because

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 09:44 PM

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Up.

mountain grammy

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9. Random acts of kindness lift us up and give us hope...

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:28 AM

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Not an organized fund raiser or a charity gala, just one person helping another in an unexpected and unsolicited gesture. Beautiful.
It's a great thing to see the next person in line helping the person ahead whose a few dollars short. I've been on both sides of this scenario and it chokes me up every time.