Doing Good via Drive-Thru!

At 1:30pm on Friday afternoon on March 18^th, Doug and I went to Bojangles’ and went through the drive-thru and paid for the meal of the people driving behind us. We decided to do this, because it’s fast and something any person can do while grabbing something at a local fast food place! And we were also hoping it would start a chain reaction of people paying for the meal of the car behind them. One of the best examples, Doug and I found was “The Starbucks’ Pay-It-Forward”. Here’s the link if you’d like to check it out--http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x626051109/Starbucks-customers-pay-it-forward. Here’s our perspective on what we did!

Doug’s Perspective

From my perspective, even though I was not in the driver’s seat, it was a rewarding process. I could not see the person’s face when they got to the window and were told that they did not have to pay anything because we had just paid for it, but I imagine that it would have been an expression of gratitude. The Bojangles’ employee at the drive-thru window looked to be a little confused at first because he thought that we were with the person behind us. However, when we told him that we were not together, his expression changed to a joyful one. I don’t think that there would be much of a different experience across genders for this one because in a way you have a sense of anonymity when paying. So, overall, by hoping that I may have made someone’s day a little better, it made mine much better too.

Meagan’s Perspective

I thought this act of kindness was so much fun! It is so rewarding to know that this wasn’t about us but rather an inspiration to the car behind us that someone did something nice for them and perhaps spur them on to do something for the car behind them. The Bojangles’ employee’s expression was also rewarding, because he was happy to see someone being kind to people that they didn’t know personally or even at all. From my perspective, this is an act of kindness that could be turned into a once-a-month option, because fast food places are so affordable and helping out someone so frequently might start a chain reaction on a regular basis! And to me, that’s so rewarding and exciting!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

Check back next week to find out a new way to show the crazy love you can give to someone else!