Man’s Behavior In Pizza Place Wasn’t Normal, Then He Opened His Mouth

Amanda Shea

Kelly Square Pizza in Worcester, Mass.

Right before closing time, a Massachusetts man hit his favorite pizza place to pick up a slice of pie, even thought it was well after midnight. As he waited for his order to come up, he sat alone in the dining room as one of the only hungry people awake in Worcester — or so he thought. Moments later, an older man walked in acting odd before taking the fellow pizza patron by complete surprise.

Mike Alexander explained the eventful night on Facebook that left an impression on him which he felt was important to share with others, especially in the adverse times we live in today. On November 15, the hungry man stopped in Kelly Square Pizza for his last chance to grab some grub while he still could, before closing time at 1:30 a.m.

As Mike patiently awaited his pizza, he said an older gentleman walked in and immediately got his attention, not because he was one of the only other customers at the time, but because of what he was wearing and holding as he asked a question that didn’t sit well with both Mike and the restaurant manager.

The unnamed elderly man was relying on a makeshift cane to walk and wearing two coats on that particularly cold evening. He slowly hobbled past Mike and walked up the manager at the counter, who was involved in closing duties. That’s when he asked in desperation if the store could spare any leftover food which they planned to throw out. He was willing to pay for, if they would sell it to him for cheap.

Without a second of pause, the manager asked the closest employee to prepare the man a meal of whatever he wanted, and to not charge him a dime for it. Mike watched on as the compassionate interaction unfolded before him, leaving him with a full heart of gratitude for the pizzeria’s instinctive generosity, before snapping a picture as proof for Facebook. The incident left and impression on the spectator that he’ll never forget, especially in what he described as a time when “others in the world are out to hurt and kill.”

“I just want everyone to know that during these tough and crazy times where others in the world are out to hurt and kill, there’s still a lot of good,” Mike wrote in his post alongside the picture of the incredibly sweet deed. “Start with yourself,”  he pleaded in his post, encouraging others to help when they can. “Open a door, pay for a coffee, pass on some food, donate to something, thank a vet, hang out with the elderly. Anything.”

Mike is absolutely right. With all the wrong in this world, we can each individually be what’s right. Chances are, if we look, we can see an opportunity to help a stranger in some way just about every day. Sometimes, all it takes is a smile or a kind word, to change the course of someone’s horrible day. It costs us nothing, but it is priceless to someone in the midst of struggle that’s probably deeper than we can ever know.

h/t: [OpposingViews]