For most people, a drive-thru serves one purpose: Convenience. It gets you food on-the-go—fast—so you can get Jonny to soccer practice and Meredith to dance class without skipping a beat.
But on Sunday evening, a McDonald’s drive-thru in Scottsburg, Indiana, was much more than a common convenience. It became a movement.
It was Father’s Day evening when a restaurant regular pulled into the drive-thru.
“She saw a dad in the van behind her,” said Hunter Hostetler, who watched it all unfold. “He had like four kids in the car, he had a bunch of happy meals, two Quarter Pounders, a Big Mac meal and some other stuff. She was like, ‘I’m going to pay for the father behind me, and I want you to tell him Happy Father’s Day.'”