A mum was left speechless after a kind-hearted stranger made a gesture of goodwill that restored her faith in humanity. The mother had been having a 'bad week' and decided to meet up with her cousin and their kids for some food and a park visit.
The mother, who wishes to remain anonymous, went to Haydock Plaice chip shop in St Helens, Merseyside. The family ordered their food and then sat outside to wait for it to be made.
But when she went back inside to pay, staff at the chippy told her someone already paid for the food in full and left. With the mum unable to thank the kind woman in person, she took to Facebook to try to track her down, the Liverpool Echo reports.
In a post, she said: "Just want to put a thank you post on here and hope it reaches the lovely woman. Myself and my cousin were just at Haydock Plaice chippy on Sherlock Ave with the kids in the prams.
"We ordered ours and the kids' meals and waited outside. Some lady came outside, looked at my son in the pram spoke to us only for second, we walked back in the chippy to collect the food once it was done and to pay.
"The chippy told us that she had paid for our food. By the time we came to pay for the food she had been gone a while so we couldn't say thank you or anything.
"So if you are reading this we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We both haven't had the best of weeks and have been feeling down, we met up today to get the kids to the park for an hour so we both did something different than sitting at home dwelling on the bad times.
"And to be told that some random kind lady has paid for our food has honestly made our whole week. It put a massive smile on our face and restored our faith in humanity. Such a kind soul"
