Heard of paying it forward? Someone does a good deed for you, and you do a good deed for someone else. They do it for someone else. You get the picture.
The concept is now playing out in a Subway in Alabama. Two months ago, an anonymous man started buying a 93-year-old World War II veteran – known as Mr Gilbert – lunch at the Subway where he’s a regular, ordering a turkey sandwich and drink every day.
“I’ve been buying his lunch a couple of days at a time since whenever I’m in the area. A few times I had stayed to see his reaction, sitting in a corner and seeing his smile, and asking who was doing this made my day” he wrote on Facebook.
Word got out. Since then a has been set up, and others are getting on board.
“Today as I’m sitting there eating he comes in and when he gets to the cashier I heard him tell Mr. Gilbert that his lunch was covered by the lady in front of him. I looked up and she was just walking out, and had a big smile on her face.”
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Speaking to his local news station Mr Gilbert said: “It means a lot to me and I appreciate it, in fact I have been asking these fellas to tell me who’s doing this because I want to thank them.”
DEBRIEF DAILY