Have/Would you ever...

...pay a highway toll for the person behind you? I only go through a $1 toll twice a week when I visit my mom and I almost always pay for the person behind me (sometimes multiple people behind me). This is something I learned from my dad. He does it whenever he can as well. It doesn't seem to shock the toll booth workers in NH anymore, but you wouldn't believe the look of surprise I got when I did this while passing through a toll in IL. He couldn't believe I was paying a toll for someone I didn't know. :P

Have you or would you ever do this?

Kudos to you. I think random acts of kindness are one of the best ways to let others know that they are part of something bigger and people do still care about people, even those they don't know. Have you ever paid for the person behind you in the drive through of a fast food restaurant? That's a good feeling.

Thankfully there are no tolls around where I live, so that would be a no. :p

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I use a pike pass, but no. Even if I used change, I'm a college student and the price of the toll is enough to either get me a can of soda from a vending machine (water is more expensive than the soda!) or a snack from one of the machines.

if I had the change, and ever came across the toll, sure.

random act of kindness story. A friend of mine, was having lunch with her friend. She is about 4-5 months pregnant. This guy out of nowhere, paid for their entire bill, just because. He left, and never gave any info about himself, or asked for their numbers.

That's very nice of you to do that. Sometimes, that random act goes a long way in someone's day. It's amazing the "change" of events it will do positive for them.

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

Kudos to you. I think random acts of kindness are one of the best ways to let others know that they are part of something bigger and people do still care about people, even those they don't know. Have you ever paid for the person behind you in the drive through of a fast food restaurant? That's a good feeling.

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I haven't done that before, but I think I will give it a try tomorrow when I get my coffee. :D

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

Thankfully there are no tolls around where I live, so that would be a no. :p

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Lol, I suppose that would make it hard to do. :P

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Originally Posted by Raptor

I use a pike pass, but no. Even if I used change, I'm a college student and the price of the toll is enough to either get me a can of soda from a vending machine (water is more expensive than the soda!) or a snack from one of the machines.

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Yeah, I remember those days. Now that I am finished with college though I can justify spending $1 on someone I don't know. :)

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Originally Posted by 4Ballz

if I had the change, and ever came across the toll, sure.

random act of kindness story. A friend of mine, was having lunch with her friend. She is about 4-5 months pregnant. This guy out of nowhere, paid for their entire bill, just because. He left, and never gave any info about himself, or asked for their numbers.

That's very nice of you to do that. Sometimes, that random act goes a long way in someone's day. It's amazing the "change" of events it will do positive for them.

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That's pretty cool.

The reason my dad started paying for the people behind him is because someone did it for him once. It really surprised him that someone would pay the toll for a stranger and now he does it for other people. :)

I probably wouldnt bc i dont really like most people. I'll definetly consider it next time i go through a toll booth though. The only thing is down here theyre more expensive than $1. The GW is like $5 i think lol. I have bought a soldiers meal/coffee or whatever before and id readily do that again. Still a randomn/semi-randomn act of kindness and but i know im buying it for someone who really deserves it.

It's a Starbucks phenomenon as well. I've paid for the car behind me after seeing a friend of mine do it.

At one Starbucks, the lady told me that often each car after that will pass it on to the car after them.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

It's a Starbucks phenomenon as well. I've paid for the car behind me after seeing a friend of mine do it.

At one Starbucks, the lady told me that often each car after that will pass it on to the car after them.

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Oh good god i could never do that.

1. I dont like their coffee

2. I couldnt afford to buy myself and the person behind me a $20 coffee each. Thats almost a tank of gas! :O :rofl:

I'm with ya there, I don't like Starbucks coffee at all. Blech. Ya,
$40 might get me 3/4 tank of gas, lol.


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Nope, I'm a stingy person with trust issues. Who is to say that the cashier/teller/person at the window doesn't just pocket the money themselves and still charge the person behind you. Now there have been times that I have bought things for soldiers at places like restaurants, but that was face to face. I've also helped people out who were short changed at the register, again, face to face.

AKedit: I don't give money to bums, either. We have a guy in Wooster that is younger, good shape, etc and pan handles. He is perfectly capable of getting a job and I call BS on his "I have a family to feed" sign. He is just trying to sucker us into giving him free money because he is too lazy to get a job. Whenever I see him in town I drive up to the nearest fast food joint, grab a job application and bring it to him.

When I still worked at St. Louis Bread Co. one morning a guy at the drive thru window paid for his food and the car behind him. When that person pulled up and found out, they paid for the person behind them. It kept going and going, I think a total of like 20 cars did it. It was on the evening news.

I've only ever been through a toll once, and that was the trip to Tinley last year.

However, I frequently give change to someone who's a little bit short at the grocery store, does that count ? Sure it isn't much, usually only a few cents, but once I had the opportunity to give a guy who looked like a hard day's night $2 to pay for his stuff. He about cried, he kept saying I didn't have to, and I finally convinced him I knew I didn't have to but I WANTED to.

The cashier told me when I paid for my stuff, that it was one of the nicest things she'd ever seen. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

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