After what has a been a heartbreaking and difficult week, we have some honest, genuine feelgood news.
Alexander Peña and his partner, Jeff, were finishing up a nice dinner at the Monte Alban Mexican Grill in Irondequoit, NY on Sunday when the waitress approached. But instead of the check, she handed them a handwritten note:
“Have a great night!” the note read. “Humanity showed its worst this weekend so it just felt right to do something nice today.”
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The waitress then informed them that a woman with a young child had paid for their dinner just before leaving the restaurant.
“I was puzzled and confused, mostly because I’m not usually the type that even gets a drink bought for them,” Peña writes on Facebook, “but then I read the note and paused–Jeff and I are clearly a couple, we are affectionate toward each other, and even admired the young kid together in the booth across from us. ”
He continues: “I can’t stop thinking, or better yet ‘feeling’, about how genuinely sweet this woman’s gesture was to me, my boyfriend, and our family together. How fortunate that child is to have such a tolerant and kind caretaker… We need more people who teach love over hate.”
“You never know what anybody’s going through,” server Aileen Centeno tells Time Warner Cable News. “Even if they didn’t lose a child that day, somebody did. That doesn’t mean we can’t all hurt for them.”
I’m so thankful for this woman’s reminder to be kind and loving to everyone, including strangers, without a reason… Just because,” Peña adds.
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AJAnders
Thank you for posting this story, Queerty. It’s a refreshing change of a pace after a horrible week.
Please post more feel good stories like this and less of your endless creepy obsession with straight men.
MacAdvisor
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
Hebrews 13:2, King James Version (KJV)
Or, in some cases, been entertained by angels.
AzLights
This is really wonderful to read after the events of Sunday morning. My best wishes to the kind woman who did this “random act of kindness”.
ScottOnEarth
So, so sweet. It’s a seemingly small gesture but it sure does make a huge impact.
Malcolm Forest
Queerty, nice to see you post a nice story about people reaching out to the GLBT community.
Please can you also concentrate more on lesbians and trans-women too, thanks. Statistically, they make up 50% of the GLBT community but you seem to totally ignore them.