The boy was so happy

I was at work today and I had the opportunity to help a nice lady and her 20-year-old son find an ethernet cable they needed. 

While we were searching for her cable, the lady noticed a boy maybe 10 or 11 years old playing on the Xbox demo in the store. The boy’s mom came up to him and was ready to leave and he looked sad because he couldn’t play the game anymore. I assumed he didn’t have an Xbox of his own, otherwise, he wouldn’t have looked so upset to have to quit playing. The lady must have noticed the sad look on the boy’s face and she approached his mom and asked, “Does your son want an Xbox One?” The boy’s mom looked a little baffled and said, “Yes, but we can’t afford one right now.” The lady said, “Well, I’d like to buy him one.” The mom’s look turned to shock. She said, “Are you serious?!” The boy heard this and got super excited. “I couldn’t let you do that,” the mom said. The boy quickly interjected, “Mom, please let her,” and the lady said, “Oh, it’s fine. I want to buy him one.” The mom reluctantly gave in to the lady’s request and allowed this perfect stranger to purchase an Xbox One for her little boy along with a headset and one year of Xbox Live.

The boy was so happy and said, “I can’t thank you enough.” The lady had a smile on her face and her son even gave the boy his online gamer tag so that they could play together. My colleague, who was working with me at the time, and I asked the lady why she did that, and she replied, “We used to be in a bad way. Now we are in a much better place in life and I just wanted him to have it.” We told her it was amazing what she did and that we were glad there are still good people in this world.

I just wanted to share this story with anyone who might need a smile put on his or her face today.

Be the good you want to see in this world. – Spyder465 (reddit)