No question about it: this year has been difficult for many. Some, fighting battles about which we know nothing. But 100 miles away in Minneapolis, on a drive-thru in Brennard, Minnesota, people moved a little further to show each other the way they care.
Tina Jensen, store manager at one of the two Dairy Queens in the city, told CNN that a man came through the drive-through window on Thursday and asked if he could pay for his meal and the car behind him.
Jensen told his cashier that this tends to happen at a time, but most of the time he stays out of 15 or 20 cars and fizzles.
This time, the chain lasted for two days, with more than 900 cars participating, selling for over 10,000.
Jensen when the next customer came to the window of the fast food chain Explain what the man in front of them has done – and the deeds of mercy continue to multiply.
“There are different ways to help people,” Jensen said. “I think it has touched a lot of people. What we don’t know touches them. It’s bigger than what we know. And you don’t know what’s going on in a person’s life.”
Heidi Bruce experienced a kind attitude during dinner on Friday evening, he told CNN.
“During such times, it restores your faith in humanity a little bit,” Bruce said. “The way the world is now you will see a lot of anger, stress and selfish behavior. What we saw was pure kindness and it was really a breath of fresh air.”
But that wasn’t even the best part. For Bruce, he was going home to tell his family that they play a role in the chain and continue.
“It’s not like we got free ice cream.” “The gesture was way more valuable.”
“With the lobby closing, just being open for withdrawals, being able to open up to half your capacity, different things like that have played a role in keeping morale high,” Jensen said. He said his priority is the safety of his customers and crew which includes disinfection and cleaning measures.
Seeing how positive her staff became towards her as she passed every passing car, the cashier told her that their meals had been taken care of, marrying the reactions of her customers when she was touching.
“No matter what’s going on, take care of each other, be positive, be happy and don’t focus on the negative, we’ll get through it,” he said.
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