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Domino’s employee comes through for brokenhearted birthday girl in MOVING act of compassion
One’s birthday is perhaps his or her most special day of the year. Usually, it is taken as a time to be spent celebrating with friends and loved ones.
But what do you do when no one shows up to your birthday party?
This story’s answer: you better hope there’s a kind and compassionate person at a Domino’s near you.
Kidding aside, one Coolum girl had the very real and saddening experience of being stood up on her birthday.
According to reports, this prompted the girl’s mum to cancel an initial large order and downsize it to just one pizza as almost none of her daughter’s invited friends went to her party.
The situation eventually reached the store’s shift supervisor named Miles, who decided to change the situation for the better.
Compassion in a pizza-sized box. Credit: Facebook
With what he had on hand, Miles fashioned a custom dessert-style pizza with chocolate, churros, and brownies enough to make any kid cry tears — but those of joy!
As a thoughtful parting touch, Miles wrote ‘Happy B’day’ (in chocolate!) on the back of the custom pizza box.
Miles’ feat was shared by the official Facebook account of Domino’s Australia in a post, where literally more than a thousand people gave their commendations for his laudable act.
One commenter wrote: ‘Well done, Miles. You sound like a great human!’
Another said ‘Miles was raised right!! Well done mate!!’
‘Give this kid a raise. What seems like a small thing is actually such a massive act of kindness,’ one person urged the pizza chain.
Others also took their time to express their sadness and sympathies for the kid’s plight.
One parent wrote: ‘This is heartbreaking, as a mum of a couple of autistic kids I know what it's like when your children don't have friends to invite to parties. His story really touched my heart.’
‘I hope the love being sent to this Mum for her daughter lets her know that there are a lot of beautiful people out there, just like Miles and to remind her daughter that this happens but it won't always be like this,’ the parent added.
It also appears that the girl’s mum has nothing but gratitude for the outpouring of support for her child.
In the comments section Lauren O’Rourke wrote of her daughter, ‘Skylah had a lovely birthday with two very special friends. The visit from Miles at our door was overly special and the biggest surprise.’
‘The love from our community has been the most memorable for our family. So much love. We are so appreciative and grateful to live this beautiful life. Sending love and happiness to everyone,’ she added.
O’Rourke also confirmed Domino’s has since been in touch with her family, and that they have something in store for poor Skylah in response to calls to throw the kid the ‘best birthday ever’.
Truly, acts of kindness like what Miles did make the world a better place, and we all walk away from reading this story feeling a little lighter.
How about you? Do you know of any people like Miles who went out of their way to be of service to others?
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