‘I was in tears’: An anonymous woman’s heartwarming act towards a distressed 91-year-old great-grandad at Coles has left his family relieved

‘I was in tears’: An anonymous woman’s heartwarming act towards a distressed 91-year-old great-grandad at Coles has left his family relieved
It seems Christmas really is the season of giving! This heartwarming story of how a 91-year-old great-grandad received help from an anonymous woman will surely make you feel the holiday spirit.

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91-year-old Ken expressed his gratitude towards an anonymous woman who helped him at his local Coles. Credit: Amanda Covacci.

Senior Coles shopper Ken went on with his weekly grocery shopping routine like any other week.

The Brisbane great-grandad, who has been living in the area for almost 50 years, regularly shops at his local Middle Park Coles.

When Ken reached the check out of his local supermarket, he realised that his wallet was missing.

Ken then phoned Amanda, his granddaughter who lives nearby, for help.

Amanda told 7Life: “It was about 2.20 pm on Thursday afternoon and he gave me a call."

“You could tell he was quite stressed and he said ‘where are you? I’m at Coles and I think someone has stolen my wallet’.”

Amanda, who just lives 5 minutes down the road, quickly went to the supermarket store to tend to her elderly grandfather.

However, the 43-year-old was surprised when she found Ken being assisted by Shelly, a Coles staff member who is known by the family, and an unknown woman.

Amanda said: “I could hear my grandfather talking to the women and then he spotted me and goes ‘oh my granddaughter is here’.”

She then realised that the kind-hearted stranger paid for her grandfather's $115 grocery bill.

“I quickly thanked her and offered to pay her back. But she was so polite and refused. She told me ‘don’t worry about it, Merry Christmas’ and just left,” Amanda said.

“I turned to him and asked who was that and he had no idea.

“She was wearing a mask so I didn’t recognise her either but I just can’t believe her generosity.

“She just kept saying ‘don’t worry, Merry Christmas’.

“It wasn’t a small grocery bill, and with everything that has happened with COVID a lot of people don’t have spare cash.”

Amanda said that although it only took her a few minutes to arrive at the store, her grandfather was visibly upset when she saw him.

“He looked quite pale and even Shelly pointed out how unwell he appeared."

“I think it was just the stress of the whole situation."

“Luckily we found his wallet, he must have dropped it in his car on the floor of the driver’s side where the pedals are.”

The 43-year-old confessed that she was 'in tears', saying that the stranger's kind act was a huge wave of relief.

“Everyone is so quick to whinge about how bad people are, but this just shows there are people out there who do care,” she said.

Amanda took to Facebook to express her gratitude for the anonymous woman.

In her post, which she posted in her local community's Facebook group, Amanda said that she wants to meet the woman again to thank her.

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Amanda posted on her local community’s Facebook group to search for the woman who helped her grandfather, saying that she would love to meet her again to thank her. Credit: 4074 Community & Beyond/Facebook.

“I would love to find her to just say thanks,” she said.

“My grandfather actually gave Shelly his number and told her ‘if she comes in call me, I want to buy her a bunch of flowers.”

Have you ever experienced or witnessed a random act of kindness like this? Share your heartwarming experience with us in the comments below so we can all get inspired!
 
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Angels come in many forms and this woman is certainly one of them. Thank you to her for helping out an older gentleman in distress, so glad to see this amongst all the horror stories that are going around.
 
Reading this brought back the memory that I have been Blessed myself by a strangers generosity at the check-out. I often think of the time a man was ahead of me at check-out, I am retired & in no rush so I waited as he completed his transaction. As I finished my own transaction the young Staff Member of my local Coles (wonderful Staff!), showed me the $50 note in her hand & said the man ahead of me had told her not to say anything until my shopping went through, (& he was long gone!) but he was putting $50 toward my shopping 😮. I was gobsmacked & told her I couldn't accept it, she said I had to as he was gone & well she couldn't keep it...unlike SOME who might have pocketed it for themselves. He had told her to tell me to "pass it on, when or if I was able to do so". I most certainly will. Angels are indeed everywhere 😢
 
I have heard of so many similar acts of kindness lately. I think if Covid and the lockdowns we endured have done anything it has certainly made people more aware of others and their problems. I just hope the 'pay it forward' suggestion grows and continues to help others.
 
The majority of people in this world are good. We just never hear many of their acts of kindness only the minority who do the bad things. Well done to the lady in question. The true meaning of a kind act is anonymity! Well done to the lady and I hope the gentleman is ok too. 😊
 
What a lovely thing this lady did for this gentleman which reminded me of a similar happening last July. I was taking my disabled husband to see a specialist and parked the car opposite the rooms. It was raining and I got the wheelchair out of the boot, got my husband into it only to find the chair was bogged down in the grass verge and I couldn’t move him. Almost immediately two men and a lady came to my rescue and got the wheelchair ( and my husband) onto the road. I couldn’t have been more grateful, but it didn’t end there! I crossed the road, parked Geoff under a tree, then proceeded to try to get a parking ticket! Well, that was quite a task. The lighting was very bad, I am small and couldn’t quite see the dial, and needless to say, was having a dreadful time trying to pay for a ticket. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw one of the ‘rescuers’ once again, come to my rescue. He asked if I needed help which of course I was very glad to accept. I had 2 x $2 coins plus a $10 note and a debit card which I didn‘t know how to use (I am 84 yrs old!) and asked my rescuer if he could help me to get a ticket. He immediately put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a load of coins, paid for my ticket for 2 hours, and absolutely refused the $10 note that I wanted to give him and disappeared. I really couldn’t thank him enough as the experience had been quite distressing. The outcome was fantastic though as my husband saw the specialist who performed an operation the next day, on Geoff’s back and he can actually walk now with the aid of a walker. There are indeed some very special people in this world and the three people who helped me are three of them! I was brought up to pass good turns on and I was able to later on but I can’t forget those very special people who helped me. Why doesn’t the Media report things like this instead of all the distressing things we read about?
 
What a lovely thing this lady did for this gentleman which reminded me of a similar happening last July. I was taking my disabled husband to see a specialist and parked the car opposite the rooms. It was raining and I got the wheelchair out of the boot, got my husband into it only to find the chair was bogged down in the grass verge and I couldn’t move him. Almost immediately two men and a lady came to my rescue and got the wheelchair ( and my husband) onto the road. I couldn’t have been more grateful, but it didn’t end there! I crossed the road, parked Geoff under a tree, then proceeded to try to get a parking ticket! Well, that was quite a task. The lighting was very bad, I am small and couldn’t quite see the dial, and needless to say, was having a dreadful time trying to pay for a ticket. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw one of the ‘rescuers’ once again, come to my rescue. He asked if I needed help which of course I was very glad to accept. I had 2 x $2 coins plus a $10 note and a debit card which I didn‘t know how to use (I am 84 yrs old!) and asked my rescuer if he could help me to get a ticket. He immediately put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a load of coins, paid for my ticket for 2 hours, and absolutely refused the $10 note that I wanted to give him and disappeared. I really couldn’t thank him enough as the experience had been quite distressing. The outcome was fantastic though as my husband saw the specialist who performed an operation the next day, on Geoff’s back and he can actually walk now with the aid of a walker. There are indeed some very special people in this world and the three people who helped me are three of them! I was brought up to pass good turns on and I was able to later on but I can’t forget those very special people who helped me. Why doesn’t the Media report things like this instead of all the distressing things we read about?
The sad part is that “good news never made a paper sell” so we get bombarded with negative news
 

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