Mum Reduced to Tears By Man’s Random Act of Kindness

A mother, who did grocery shopping with her two kids, has shared how she was touched by another customer’s random act of kindness when she ran out of money.

Mum-of-two Jenny Gallardo, from Sydney’s north shore, decided to do a big grocery shop at about 5pm on Monday at the Woollies store in Neutral Bay with her two kids, Charlie, 5, and Sophia, 2.

However, the kids also decided to make it “one of those days”, and so Ms Gallardo grabbed what she needed and went straight up to the counter. But as the items were scanned and the amount rose, she realised she didn’t have enough money and she forgot to bring her card.

“I realised I had left my card at home and fumbled around in my handbag to find some notes and coins but then I looked up and thought ‘Oh my gosh its $100 and something’,” she tells Kidspot. “So I apologised to the person behind me and started getting the teller to take off the most expensive items but I still didn’t have enough,” she added.

Ms Gallardo continued taking out more items until the most unexpected thing happened.

“The man behind me said really quietly to the teller ‘I’ll pay the rest of what she owes’.

“It’s usually me always helping others. I couldn’t even talk I was just shocked.

“He had the loveliest smile he was genuinely happy to do it. I managed to say thank you and he just said ‘no problem, have a good day’,” she said.

Ms Gallardo said she was so touched by the gesture that was she reduced to tears. She said that the man with a South African accent paid the extra $20 for her items.

She is hoping to find the man again but if not, she decided to pay it forward. “If I can’t pay him back – I will pay it forward. I recently found out about the Share the Dignity charity providing tampons for homeless women, so my friends and I often get together to donate towards that,” she said.

Source: Kidspot.com.au