In Waynesville, Ohio, a young mother of three was in tears when she pulled up to the drive-thru window at McDonald’s and realized she had forgotten her purse. But the family didn’t miss out on their meal. Find out how the teen McDonald’s worker pays for the crying mother and her children’s meals without hesitation.
McDonald’s Worker Pays for Family’s Meal
It was kind of a normal busy day for a mother of three, carting her children to their sibling’s football practice and then back home for dinner. While some days include happy faces and well-rested children, on this day Brittney Reed had at least one crying and grumpy 4-year-old in-tow. So when she told them what she’d be cooking for dinner and a second child started crying, she decided it was going to be McDonalds for dinner instead.
“As I was leaving football practice with my three kiddos, my 4-year-old was so tired he started crying and acting a fool,” Brittney Reed said. “Then, my 7-year-old daughter started crying because I told her we were having red potatoes with dinner. She clearly wasn’t a fan, so I threw my hands up and said, ‘FORGET IT! McDonald’s tonight!’
Unfortunately, by the time Reed pulled up to the drive-thru window to pay, all three children were crying. So she went to grab for her purse and that was when she realized that she’d left it at home, not thinking they’d be going out for food that night. Now it wasn’t just her children with tears. The crying mom, looked at the teen in the window and apologized.
She said, “Hun, I am so sorry. I have to cancel that order. I left my purse at home when we went to football tonight.”
But his response was not what she expected. Without a pause, the teenage McDonald’s worker pays for the crying mother’s bill using a card from his own wallet.
Reed explained that before she could even say she’d head home, get her purse, and come back to put in a new order, he had already paid. And it sounds like he was happy to do it.
“No it’s totally fine,” the McDonald’s worker responded, “My pleasure!”
According to Reed, he even tried to talk her out of coming back with the money to pay him back.
She was so moved that she took out her phone, took a picture, and asked for his name.
Then, she shared the story on Love What Matters.
Reed posted the moving story, in part, so that his parents would hear about the story and learn about his kindness and compassion. But it doesn’t seem that the McDonald’s worker, Wyatt Jones, hadn’t paid for the crying mother to receive accolades. He hadn’t even told his parents about what happened by the time they heard about it…