An old photo of a coffee colada from a long night studying at the library, but you guys get the point 🙂
#7
The other day, I crossed this one off my “Kind Acts & Volunteering” bucket list. After getting some of my internship work done, I decided it was a beautiful day to sit out back by the pool; this decision meant it was also a perfect day to get a Dunkin Donuts iced coffee.
I had been craving iced coffee for the past couple of days and was pretty excited to relax by the pool with it (it’s the little things, huh?). I then realized that if I used the drive-thru (Who am I kidding? I typically always use the drive-thru if there is one!), I could cross another item off my bucket list!
After ordering my drink and driving up to the window, I gave the guy there an extra five dollars and told him to put it toward the person behind me in line. He looked a little confused at first, so I pointed behind me and re-explained to make sure the money went toward his or her order. He was nice enough to tell me that he/she only ordered an iced coffee as well and gave me about $2.50 back, which I thought was both kind and honest. Still, I was happy I’d gotten the chance to pay for someone’s drink.
“Your husband?” the man at the window asked me. I smiled and told him no, I just wanted to do something nice and he smiled back. I purposely drove away immediately so there was no chance the driver could pull up next to me and thank me.
Although $2.50 or so isn’t a lot in the grand scheme of things and I only know that the driver was probably male (I didn’t get a chance to look behind me) because of the man at the windows’ question, the thought that I might have made someone’s day a little better made me happy too.
Has anyone else gotten pleasure out of doing something similar? Or does anyone plan on adding a similar item to his or her bucket list? I’d love to hear from you guys!
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Thanks for the follow!! I’m really enjoying your blog and the insights you’re giving! I’ll just have to do this bucket list thing for real now!
You’re welcome! And thanks so much 🙂 But yes, the bucket list has been so much fun!
Always good to pay it forward!
Yes, I agree :)!
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A perfect example of RAOK: Random Acts Of Kindness.
Thank you so much for sharing this post 🙂
When I was little, my family used to cross the Carquinez Bridge a lot. The toll was $1. We LOVED paying for the car behind us. The people would always speed up to smile and wave thanks, and we would wave back with giant smiles. People frequently paid for us as well, so it was pretty common. To this day, this is one of my favorite things to do. Not that I live anywhere near a toll bridge anymore, but just paying for the person behind me in line. It’s a simple way to brighten BOTH of your days – the giver and the receiver. High five for a job well done! 😀
Aww that’s so nice you guys made it a frequent habit 🙂 Love it! And I agree that it’s just such a great feeling; thanks so much!
I am always a fan of this idea. I do this sometimes when passing through a toll booth. If I have an extra $4 and it is around rush hour, I’ll gladly pay for the next person who drives through. There have been a couple times I’ve been so spontaneous, that I’ll find myself at a toll booth without cash. Each time, the attendant paid for me. I figure that they were so kind to me, I may as well do it for other people. And who knows, maybe the person was getting low on gas? I just helped them put a gallon of gas in their tank.
Aww that’s so nice of you and the toll both attendants too 🙂 I agree that it’s such an awesome feeling!
I’m getting inspired to do something this! 😀
Aww so glad to hear that :)!
Do you add things to your bucket list every now and then or are you doing it for every year kind of list?
Hmm well, before I started the blog I’d have like “Summer,” “Semester/School Year,” and “Winter” bucket lists, but for the blog I plan on adding new stuff once I get everything on these lists crossed off 🙂
thats nice. any suggestions on how i can start my first bucket list?
Thank you 🙂 And hmm, well what I do is just start jotting a bunch of ideas down and then once I do that I place them into categories like “Health & fitness,” “Social life,” “Activities & adventures,” etc. Hope this helps a little!
Thanks! I think i shall start to jot it down somewhere.
Yes! Let me know if you do 🙂
LOL… I put this on my suggestion list for my blog post tonight, and had no idea you’d just done it because I somehow missed this post. Anywho… just to let you know, I featured your blog in my post tonight, and you also inspired me to do a Random Act Of Kindness (one I’d been meaning to do, but had neglected it for far too long) which I will post about either later this morning, or tomorrow night.
You do such a great thing here, and you inspire countless acts of goodwill… getting lots of good karma, young lady 🙂
Where do you intern and I think I’m gonna do this too!
Aw, it was a lot of fun; let me know if you wind up doing it! And it was actually a virtual internship, but I’m enjoying this blogging experience and my other jobs a lot more 🙂
That’s such a nice idea. It’s so simple yet I’m sure it made his day!
I recently read something about ‘suspended coffees’ which basically means you pay for a coffee and someone who is poor or homeless can come in and ask if there are any suspended coffees available and they get it for free. Some places also do suspended meals or soft drinks or whatnot. You’d have to have faith in the place you buy it from for someone else, but I guess that is always they case. I love how sweet you are!
Wow, that’s so cool, I never knew about that 🙂 I agree that you have to have faith in the place you buy from, but that would be awesome if they follow through! I will have to check this out, and aww thank you so much!
I had been craving iced coffee for the past couple of days and was pretty excited to relax by the pool with it (it’s the little things, huh?). I then realized that if I used the drive-thru (Who am I kidding? I typically always use the drive-thru if there is one!), I could cross another item off my bucket list!
Aww I am so glad to hear this :)! Well done! And haha, I always use the drive-thru as well
I love this! I’ve paid for the groceries of the person in front of me at the store (a woman whose card wasn’t working and she was buying some essentials like milk, bread, eggs, etc.).
Aww that was so nice of you 🙂 I bet it made you feel good too!
It did, though I’m more comfortable with doing nice things anonymously, as I feel uncomfortable having attention drawn to myself for things like that.
Yes, I like that idea. It’s one of the main problems I’ve been having about writing these posts since, as you said, its ten times more fulfilling doing a kind act and then not telling anyone about it. To combat that dilemma, I’ve been trying to do a mix of ones I write about and ones I tell no one about 🙂 Very good point though!
I had something similar happen to me in China. I met a Chinese couple at a restaurant and they had a beer sent to my table, after we shared a couple more they headed off and it wasn’t until I went to pay my food bill that I found out they had taken care of it before they left. Helps restore faith in humanity.
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