Last Thursday Ryan was at the Toastmaster's of Rochester working on his speaking skills, and I was out doing more mystery shops to increase our alternative income for December. It was really late when I finally was heading home, and I knew it would just be me for dinner that night (Ryan would eat at the meeting), so I decided to do something I hardly ever do and grab Wendy's to go.

I pulled into the drive in, and ordered my three items from the dollar menu and began moving up to pay for the food. There was a pretty long line at the Wendy's and as I waited I glanced back to the car behind me. In the car was an older couple who were laughing; they looked really nice and were obviously in love. It was then that I decided that I would do something random - I decided to pay for their meal.

When I got to the register window I paid for my meal, and for theirs. This brought my total up to about $10 rather than $4, but I felt good about it. The people behind me had no idea, and I hope it made their day. I wondered if they would do the same for the car behind them, or just accept the meal and move on. I didn't get a chance to see their reaction or anything, but that wasn't the point.

I've never really done things like this before, and I don't know what really prompted the action - but I felt really good the rest of the night just knowing that at least I made their night a little bit easier.

Have you ever done something that was a Random Act of Kindness? Have you ever been the recipient of a random act?