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08th Nov 2021

Mum writes touching post about McDonald’s employee who paid for her kid’s food

Melissa Carton

“I just want his parents to know how KIND & COMPASSIONATE your son was tonight.”

As parents we all have those days when it seems like nothing is going right.

Recently this mother of three had one of those days and it actually reduced her to tears until a young man came and saved the day.

The mother has since posted his picture to social media in the hopes that his parents will see it and know how kind their son is.

Posting to the Facebook page Happy Holistic Living, the mother said;

“I am praying this reaches this young mans parents!!!

Tonight as I was leaving football practice with my three kiddos my 4 year old was so tired he started crying and acting a fool as we were getting in the van. My 7 year old daughter started crying because I told her we were having red potatoes as a side for dinner and clearly she wasn’t a fan so I threw my hands up and said FORGET it – McDonald’s tonight!!

We go through the drive through order food all three kids are now crying for one reason or the other I go to pay – I LEFT MY PURSE AT HOME. Well now I wanted to cry. I look at the young man with tears in my eyes just from being stressed and annoyed and say “hun I am so sorry but I have to cancel that order I left my purse at home when we went to football tonight” WITHOUT HESITATION he takes out his wallet and swipes his card before I could even say “no I will be right back!”

I was like wait no hun it’s ok I will come back through then he replies “no it’s totally fine, my pleasure”.

I snapped a quick picture and asked his name to which he replied Wyatt ma’am. I told him I would be right back with cash for him & he tried hard to talk me out of it.

I just want his parents to know how KIND & COMPASSIONATE your son was tonight! He made this stressed out momma pause for a moment and realize this is exactly what we parents are trying to do, raise great humans. Well Wyatt sir, you are an amazing human!!!

I went back and handed him cash and had to make him take it because he didn’t want to take more than he had paid but I wanted him to know that when you put good out in the world it comes back to you ten fold!

Wyatt, do not let this world change your kind heart young man for its people like YOU that will change this world for the better!”

Very often online we read awful stories or ones about people being nasty or unkind, so it’s lovely to come across such a sweet touching post.

I really do hope Wyatt’s parents or guardians see this post and that they know that they have done a wonderful job raising him.