Teen Cashier Says "I Got You" To Tearful Shopper With $110 Grocery Bill
Aug 31, 2020 by apost team
In December 2018 at a Walmart in Princeton, Texas, a customer found that their $ 110 grocery bill was more than they could afford. That's when the cashier, then 19-year-old John Lopez Jr., decided he would step in to help — by paying her entire grocery bill.
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John Lopez Jr., the teenage cashier who was assisting her, was able to help her without so much as a second thought. According to KTVT, while the customer was stressing out about not being able to pay for her groceries, he told her that he would be able to cover it.
“She started crying and I was like ‘okay I got you – I got you’,” John Lopez Jr. told KTVT. “I just felt in my heart that the lord told me I had to help her.”
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His gesture didn't go unnoticed. Laci Smith, another customer, took a (now deleted) photo of Lopez in his moment of selflessness and shared the story on Facebook. As word spread of his generosity, a GoFundMe page was created for his college fund.
As the story went viral, the crowdfunding page did too, and the community ended up raising a whopping $37,000 towards the teen’s education.
His employers noticed Lopez’s generous gesture as well and, to honor him, hosted a special event in his name.
“I saw what John did and how selfless of an act it was and it was just something that really touched me,” Brandon Weddle, who organized the event, told KTVT.
Princeton Mayor John-Mark Caldwell was also present at the event, and he awarded Lopez with a certificate for his generosity.
Have you ever witnessed such a selfless act of generosity? Let us know in the comments–and make sure you pass this along to your friends and family!