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lupehernandezdepedajack

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Things are tight around the Hernandez house this month with school starting and all the extra curricular fees not to mention tuition of about 4500.00 due for the middlest one. But last night the kids wanted Chick Fil A for dinner which wasn't in my budget plans as we have lots of stuff in the house we could whip up. But being the softie I am I took their orders and took off to bring dinner home. When I finally got to the window the girl handed me my order as I was waving my debit card in her face. And she said the car in front paid my bill. This was really cool as this month things are really tight it is almost as if an all knowing force sent a message to the person in front of me. After my next paycheck when things are back on budget I plan on doing the same I hope when I do that I pay for someone's tab that is as stretched or even more so than I am right now.

Has anyone else had this happen or have you done this?

I give a few bucks each month to the panhandlers but have never paid a tab.
 
lupehernandezdepedajack said:
Things are tight around the Hernandez house this month with school starting and all the extra curricular fees not to mention tuition of about 4500.00 due for the middlest one. But last night the kids wanted Chick Fil A for dinner which wasn't in my budget plans as we have lots of stuff in the house we could whip up. But being the softie I am I took their orders and took off to bring dinner home. When I finally got to the window the girl handed me my order as I was waving my debit card in her face. And she said the car in front paid my bill. This was really cool as this month things are really tight it is almost as if an all knowing force sent a message to the person in front of me. After my next paycheck when things are back on budget I plan on doing the same I hope when I do that I pay for someone's tab that is as stretched or even more so than I am right now.

Has anyone else had this happen or have you done this?

I give a few bucks each month to the panhandlers but have never paid a tab.
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I used to pay for the car behind me when going thru a toll sometimes. That was a wonderful story and I hope you will pay it forward. The most recent thing was when I left my wallet in a a coffee shop and I get a phone call from a worker there that he found it. I went back and got a coffee and put $10 in the tip jar. Hope your kids have a good year at school.
 
Yates ago, during a family crisis, husband and I found ourselves in a hospital waiting room while our son was in intensive care.
We had run out of the house so quickly in this emergency that neither one if us had brought any money with us. After having been at the hospital for many hours, we wanted to go get some coffee but found neither one of us had the money to pay for it.
A lady, who also had a son in intensive care, realized our situation and pulled a ten dollar bill out if her purse to give us.
Knowing we probably would never see her again and wouldn't be able to pay it back, we politely tried to decline the money.
She insisted we take it and pass the favor along.

That was over thirty years ago and husband and I have never passed up an opportunity to help someone since that day.
 
barbarap said:
Yates ago, during a family crisis, husband and I found ourselves in a hospital waiting room while our son was in intensive care.
We had run out of the house so quickly in this emergency that neither one if us had brought any money with us. After having been at the hospital for many hours, we wanted to go get some coffee but found neither one of us had the money to pay for it.
A lady, who also had a son in intensive care, realized our situation and pulled a ten dollar bill out if her purse to give us.
Knowing we probably would never see her again and wouldn't be able to pay it back, we politely tried to decline the money.
She insisted we take it and pass the favor along.

That was over thirty years ago and husband and I have never passed up an opportunity to help someone since that day.
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Good story. Paying in a line is cool because there is no opportunity to decline as the payer is long gone when you find out
 
Minotaur said:
We were Santa Helpers the Christmas before last and paid layaway's off that listed children's gifts on the layaway tabs. It was a very good feeling.
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I always say I will be a true altruist when I put money in the meter when someone is about to get a ticket
 
lupehernandezdepedajack said:
Things are tight around the Hernandez house this month with school starting and all the extra curricular fees not to mention tuition of about 4500.00 due for the middlest one. But last night the kids wanted Chick Fil A for dinner which wasn't in my budget plans as we have lots of stuff in the house we could whip up. But being the softie I am I took their orders and took off to bring dinner home. When I finally got to the window the girl handed me my order as I was waving my debit card in her face. And she said the car in front paid my bill. This was really cool as this month things are really tight it is almost as if an all knowing force sent a message to the person in front of me. After my next paycheck when things are back on budget I plan on doing the same I hope when I do that I pay for someone's tab that is as stretched or even more so than I am right now.

Has anyone else had this happen or have you done this?

I give a few bucks each month to the panhandlers but have never paid a tab.
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I did once on a trip to Kansas with my wife. Were eating breakfast at a Crackerbarrel and there was a table with 5 Marines also having breakfast. As we were leaving I called their server to the side and told her I wanted to pay their tab, which was about $50.00. She gave it to me and I went up front and paid it and then went back, showed her the receipt, and gave her a 10 dollar bill for a tip. I asked her not to say anything until I was gone.

Were making that same trip again this September. I hope to see some more Marines, or whatever, again.
 
lupehernandezdepedajack said:
Things are tight around the Hernandez house this month with school starting and all the extra curricular fees not to mention tuition of about 4500.00 due for the middlest one. But last night the kids wanted Chick Fil A for dinner which wasn't in my budget plans as we have lots of stuff in the house we could whip up. But being the softie I am I took their orders and took off to bring dinner home. When I finally got to the window the girl handed me my order as I was waving my debit card in her face. And she said the car in front paid my bill. This was really cool as this month things are really tight it is almost as if an all knowing force sent a message to the person in front of me. After my next paycheck when things are back on budget I plan on doing the same I hope when I do that I pay for someone's tab that is as stretched or even more so than I am right now.

Has anyone else had this happen or have you done this?

I give a few bucks each month to the panhandlers but have never paid a tab.
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Lupe, if you are a veteran Chick Fil A offers a pretty substantial discount to military personell which includes veterans. I don't know if this is nation wide or not but the ones here in the DFW area do. One near my house gives me almost half off. This may be a local thing but stores all over town give some discount.

I carry copy of my DD-214 with me but they have never asked to see it. I don't ask for the discount if I'm by myself but every so often I go and get stuff for the whole family. It makes a big difference on the bill.
 
JackDallas said:
Lupe, if you are a veteran Chick Fil A offers a pretty substantial discount to military personell which includes veterans. I don't know if this is nation wide or not but the ones here in the DFW area do. One near my house gives me almost half off. This may be a local thing but stores all over town give some discount.

I carry copy of my DD-214 with me but they have never asked to see it. I don't ask for the discount if I'm by myself but every so often I go and get stuff for the whole family. It makes a big difference on the bill.
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Not a veteran. In 1970 I went to enlist as I hade a low lottery number and would rather have more opportunities than just infantry. The day came for the physical and I spent the better part of a whole day peeing in cups, getting x rayed, color blind test ( it seemed kind of cool) and some guy was walking around with a flashlight looking up everyone's butt. The very last thing was three medical type guys that reviewed your document package. I checked that I had a skin rash they asked about it and I showed them where I had it on my elbows and back. This was near the withdrawl from VN and they were getting very particular about who they were taking as a lot of guys coming home with legitimate disability claims was mounting up. They reclassified me as 4F and said they would take me in a dire situation but not now because they felt the conditions of military service could aggravate the rash. It is hard to describe the emotion at the time as it was both a disappointment and a relief together
 
FolkS I just wanted yoU guys to know that tonight I finally remembered to return the favor it's a good feeling but I am still about 4 bucks ahead so I will probably do it again in the near future
 
lupehernandezdepedajack said:
Things are tight around the Hernandez house this month with school starting and all the extra curricular fees not to mention tuition of about 4500.00 due for the middlest one. But last night the kids wanted Chick Fil A for dinner which wasn't in my budget plans as we have lots of stuff in the house we could whip up. But being the softie I am I took their orders and took off to bring dinner home. When I finally got to the window the girl handed me my order as I was waving my debit card in her face. And she said the car in front paid my bill. This was really cool as this month things are really tight it is almost as if an all knowing force sent a message to the person in front of me. After my next paycheck when things are back on budget I plan on doing the same I hope when I do that I pay for someone's tab that is as stretched or even more so than I am right now.

Has anyone else had this happen or have you done this?

I give a few bucks each month to the panhandlers but have never paid a tab.
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I used to do it at toll booths, pay for the person behind me just to make someone smile . But now with e-z pass, I can't do it.
 
The last 2 Christmas's there's been some people in different towns (ours included) that has paid off lay-aways for people at Walmart. They would pay off EVERY lay away that each store had! I haven't heard about any yet this year, but they usually happen the week before Christmas. Wish I could afford to do something like that for people :)
 
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