For the sixth day of giving, myself and a few other givers got a pretty late start. We racked our brains for ideas that were feasible at 9:00 on a Sunday night. What's open and attracting customers at that time? Well, movies and food, of course!
Our plan: go to a cinema and a few drive-thru's and anonymously pay for the next customer's purchase.
First, we set our for the AMC 12 movie theatre. Our first giver handed over $9 and asked the attendant at the box office to use it to buy the next person's ticket. As we were leaving, we noticed her telling all of her co-workers what happened.
Next, we hit up the drive-thru at Steak-n-Shake. A friendly manager at the window took the second giver's $10 as we explained our mission. He seemed surprised (who wouldn't, it is a strange request, after all), but also glad to carry out our good deed. I'm optimistic that he actually did.
For the last stop, we rolled through the drive-thru at McDonald's (shockingly, Starbucks was closed...) and did the same thing. The employee at Mickey-D's didn't seem so happy and enthused. Rather, she was pretty skeptical and confused (a normal reaction, too). The realist/pessimist within me admits that she may very well have pocketed the cash. But, hopefully I'm wrong.
Even though this giving opportunity was kind of an easy way out (we tried not to involve money!), it still felt good to do something nice. It's always interesting to see peoples' reactions, too. It would have been nice to see the reactions of the people who received the free movie ticket and food, but at the same time, the anonymity could be a good thing. As one giver pointed out, now they'll always wonder who it was that did such a randomly nice thing!
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