Saturday, December 13, 2014
Behold! The Social Services of the Future
When the Evil Koch Brothers finish re-doing America into the authoritarian oligarchy that will please them, social services for the poor will take on a new look, perhaps like this event from Massachusetts.
There exists, somewhere within the general vicinity of Bellingham, Mass., a layaway hero.Sadly, not every store has a Lay-Away Angel or even a lay-away plan so as you desperately struggle to make ends meet, you will also have to pray that your store has a charitable 1%er who feels the spirit of the season. If not you can hang out at the back door of the Evil Koch Mansions and hope the staff will let you pick through the garbage.
This was proven earlier this week, when customers at a Toys “R” Us learned that a woman — whose identity is not yet known — walked in and paid off the entire layaway balance for the store in full.
Yep. The. Whole. Balance.
That means the woman paid for about $20,000 worth of merchandise on more than 150 accounts, according to the Milford Daily News.
“This incredible act of kindness is a true illustration of holiday giving at its best,” Toys “R” Us said in a statement to ABC News.
Here’s what happened, according to the Milford paper:
Described by employees as a bubbly older woman and a local, she offered the store manager a hug and reportedly said, “If you have it, give it.”
One employee said the woman told her that knowing the layaway purchases were taken care of would help her “sleep better at night.”
This kind of thing has happened before.
For example, last year, a Florida man spent about $20,000 at Walmart, paying off the accounts of strangers.
“I know it affected people immediately. I mean they were getting text messages that payments were being made on their accounts while we were there and people were calling saying ‘I think there’s a mistake,’” Greg Parady said, according to ABC. “It was so special. It was really special.”
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