Anonymous donor foots strangers’ tab at coffee shop to encourage kindness
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Customers at coffee shop in Newfoundland got their caffeine fix with a dose of kindness after finding out an anonymous benefactor was footing the bill, a barista says.
Rachelle Brydon says an anonymous do-gooder set up a $250 tab at Jumping Bean in St. John’s Friday, paying for people’s food and drinks until the money ran out after about an hour.
Brydon explained that the donor’s only condition for accepting the free treats was that patrons pay the act of kindness forward.
“As a service worker, it’s a little awkward because you have to do a lot of explaining,” she says. “The goal is: Here’s something nice for you and hopefully you’ll doing something nice for someone else.”