An Asda employee has been hailed as "kind-hearted" after helping out a customer who was left unable to pay for their shopping after leaving their bank card at home.
Store worker Alex jumped in and offered to pay for it himself, with the gesture going viral since being shared onto the supermarket's official Facebook page, reports MEN.
The post said: "A big well done to our colleague Alex who went out of his way to help a customer at our Omagh store who'd realised he'd forgotten his debit card when to went pay for his shopping just as the store was closing.
"Rather than leaving the customer stuck, kind-hearted Alex went ahead and paid for the shopping himself.
"Alex said: “I just didn’t want to leave the customer stuck. It was very late at night, and I wouldn’t want this to happen to anyone!”
"Store manager Steven, pictured here with Alex, said: "This is just one example of Alex going the extra mile for our customers.
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"Not many would trust that the person would come back to pay for their goods, but Alex did as he didn’t want to see them stuck.
"He’s a very caring member of our team, and I think he has a very bright future here."
Since being shared the post has received almost 10,000 likes and has been shared more than 3,000 times.
Commenting on the post, one Facebook user said: "Well done that man, hope you got your cash back! I often use Asda, and find the staff there unfailingly helpful and pleasant."
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Another added: "What a kind hearted person. Lovely to hear and hope he goes far in his career with Asda,"
And, a third said: "Well done Alex, you’re one in a Million. I really hope that Asda respect what you have done , it’s not often that people like you do such a good and caring thing."
