Keep the line moving

Add comment May 22nd, 2008

Yesterday I had one of those “wow, that was nice” moments.

My wife and I drove up to Dairy Queen to get a couple of treats. When we arrived at the cashier’s window we asked how much we owed. “The person in front of you paid for it.”

Now, I’ve heard stories about generous people paying for the folks behind them at groceries, tolls, etc., but I’ve never had it happen to me.

Last year at the Starbucks  in Marysville, Wash., 350 people bought coffee for the people in line behind them.

I kept the line moving at Dairy Queen by paying the tab for the guy behind me. I don’t know whether he kept it going. I hope so.  I also don’t know if the person who paid my bill was the first in the line or if someone ahead of him/her paid that bill.

I’d like to think the line kept moving for the rest of the night. I’ll try to find out.