We’ll pay for the next 6 cars.

When I was working at Starbucks, the longest “kindness chain” that I personally saw was about five cars, which was pretty amazing! Apparently one Christmas it went as high as 100 plus cars.

But the coolest experience for me was when a group of three gentlemen came into the building and asked the barista in drive-thru (that was me!) if they could pay for the next six cars to come through the drive-thru and give them each a card. The final car in the series was a woman whose order was unusually high at $20. We asked if they still wanted to pay, and they did. The woman literally started crying and said she was getting the coffee for her sister’s wedding rehearsal, and she knew her sister would be very excited and see this as an omen of things to come in their marriage.

Then, the three men left a $30 tip for us and left. What an exciting day!! – Heather 🙂