Pay it forward?

Were you wearing any distressed clothing?
Maybe needing a haircut or a shave?
I usually do. I look comfortable. But nobody's ever taken to giving me a tip.

I suppose you could use that $40 toward a BJ.
But it might be better spent by you to give it to somebody that is in need (but they are not panhandling.)

Did the back of her head look familiar? You've been the shadowcat a long time now lol.

In New York City quite a few years ago I had the guy in front of pay my bridge toll. No explanation, the toll taker just said the guy ahead paid.

^^lmao.

It used to happen all the time at drive thru restaurants - but never heard of it at the grocery store. Seems to be disappearing at drive thrus since almost everyone is paying thru an app

Why does this never happen to me?

I hate the lottery but I probably would have taken $5 for a scratch off and $2 for the traditional
Lotto if that happened to me

Def your lucky day

Wow! Weird. You definitely have to pay it forward for good Karma. Maybe give the $40 to someone in the store who looked like they need it. Like some mom with kids?
Ha ha - a tip for a BJ doesn’t count.

I had that happen once about 10 years ago at an airport bar when my connecting flight was delayed due to weather. The bartender said a passenger that had just left gave him $200 to pay for drinks for the next several customers because the passenger was so happy that his flight was the last one leaving before the airport shut down for the snow.

Being snowed in at the airport in Chicago was bad, but a free glass of Woodford Reserve did make it slightly better.

It's stupid, but you're "supposed" to pass it along to the next person until someone who really needs it comes along

I guess $40 is the magic number.
I was in the check out line at the grocery store on St Patricks day last year. The lady in front of me was rung up and her groceries were bagged and in her cart but was still talking with the cashier. I was in a hurry and getting a bit aggravated because I wanted to get out of there but kept my mouth shut and waited.
The lady before me left and after my items were rung up the cashier told me the previous lady had left $40 to pay for my groceries which had rung up at about $38. I asked the cashier why and she didn't know, just said some people were like that

I get to the parking lot and the lady that bought my groceries was just getting in her car to leave and I thank her and ask why she paid for my groceries. Her reply was happy st patricks day.

Earlier this year I approach the check out line and there's an elderly lady in line with a couple items in her cart. I start to get in line behind and she insists that i get in front of her. I only had a couple items, didn't even have a cart and I told her something along the line of no thanks i can wait as she only has a couple items to ring up but she again insists that i get in front of her so i thank her and do as she wishes. I paid cash for my items and get around $10 and change back and tell the cashier to apply it to the elderly lady's bill which would probably cover it.

The lady said i didn't have to do that, i told her i wanted to, she thanked me twice as i walked away with a good feeling.

I love the idea of "paying it forward", but I do it selectively. I might wait until I either encounter someone in a time of need, or it just really seems the right time for an act of kindness. And maybe I kick in an extra $40, and now I've got $80 to give to someone when it might really help them out or brighten their day.

I generally don't give $ to beggars. But, if see somebody picking through the fast food wrappers in the trash, I often give the a $5. Course, if that gets to be common, the beggars will use it as a con. If they don't already.

In the situation about, I probably give the money to a church group that runs a soup kitchen. What that woman should have done. I'm somewhat skeptical of food banks that give out more than one meal's worth at a time, I think it gets abused.