Coles shopper left in tears after fellow customer’s checkout act

A Coles shopper in South Australia started “bawling her eyes out” at the checkout after a cashier and fellow customer’s act of generosity.

A Coles shopper in South Australia started “bawling her eyes out” at the checkout after the generous act of a cashier and fellow customer.

Adelaide woman Aimee shared on Facebook that she was paying for her groceries when the incident occurred, explaining that she had been “feeling very down lately” and that “money is very tight”.

“I was at the checkout and was going to have to leave an item behind so the lady behind me offered to pay for it,” she wrote.

“Then the checkout clerk reduced the price to $5 because of this lovely gesture. I just bawled my eyes out in the middle of Coles!

“There are still lovely, kind hearted people out there I am so thankful and I will find a way to pay it forward.”

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A Coles shopper in South Australia started ‘bawling her eyes out’ at the checkout after the generous act of a cashier and fellow customer. Picture: Mark Scott

Aimee added that the gesture had “restored my faith in humanity”.

It follows a similar act of extreme generosity carried out by two Melbourne police officers last month, during Victoria’s seven-day “circuit breaker” lockdown.

Adele Barbaro shared footage to Facebook of the two cops outside her local Woolworths, writing that they were “heading straight for a homeless man sitting at the entry”.

“He had a handwritten sign requesting spare change so he could get some food. It’s not unusual to see someone less fortunate at the entry, it happens all the time, sometimes I throw in some spare change, but most times I’m guilty of walking past,” she wrote.

“As the officers approached him, instead of saying, ‘Time to move on’ or ‘You know you can’t be here,’ one of them said, ‘What brings you out in the cold tonight mate?’

“I heard him talk about being hungry and the iPads came out as they took details, and as I made my way through the automatic doors I could hear the officers say, ‘We just wanna make sure you’re OK mate.’”

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Social media users said the generous act ‘brought tears’ to their eyes. Picture: Adele Barbaro/Facebook

The officers checked the man had somewhere to stay before going on their way. Picture: Adele Barbaro/Facebook

While Ms Barbaro carried out her own shopping, she “saw the 2 officers inside with a hot roast chook and some bread rolls and figured they were getting themselves late shift dinner”.

“But then I noticed staples like rice and cereal and one of the (sic) said, ‘We probably need to get him some milk too,’” she wrote.

“That is when it hit me. They were not shopping for themselves. We ended up at the checkout at the same time, they had split up and seemed to do half the groceries each (with) both pulling out wallets/purses to pay half each.

“These 2 weren’t rookies, they clearly knew the difference between a scammer and someone who was genuinely hungry. As they went outside I overheard them check again that he had somewhere to stay tonight and then they handed him the bag of food with respect, compassion and kindness.”

Sharing the clip, Victoria Police wrote that “for Melburnians, this lockdown is not our first rodeo and we know people are doing it tough”.

“Follow in the footsteps of First Constable Jones and Constable Jacobson. Be Kind,” they added.