In class on Wednesday we were challenged to, "Buy a Coke" for a stranger and then write about it for our blog.
I decided to instead go to McDonald's and buy a whole bunch of items off of the dollar menu. Last Friday was payday and I was feeling like the big man on campus, Mr. Moneybags.
I was going all out. I received some pretty confused looks as I walked out of the store with eight McDoubles and a ton of other things but I was determined.
This weekend I was at home in Bountiful which was beneficial because I know where all of the homeless people tend to stay when it gets colder. I have driven past them hundreds of times.
Usually I try to give them a dollar or some spare change that was in my car but this time I knew I would do so much better. I drove there, hopped out of my car, and distributed the food. The looks on the people's faces were priceless.
At first many of them were confused, but after a few seconds they realized what I was doing and were very grateful.
One man did complain that he didn't want pickles but he took the food anyway. The best reaction that I received came from a woman that I had seen a few times.
She had tears in her eyes and seemed to be eternally grateful for the food that I had given her.
I am pretty sure the feeling I got after giving them the food was the same feeling, if not better, as winning the Super Bowl and marrying Chris Pratt the very next day.
Needless to say, an amazing feeling. Even though I can't serve like this all the time, I'm pretty sure I pulled a major Grinch. My heart grew like 11 sizes.
The growth was rad, except now all my favorite sweaters don't fit.
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