In these tough times, it’s nice to hear a good news story — and one of those comes from Belleville. It happened on Monday morning at a Walmart in that city.
The bottom line, at least in this case, was the kindness of a stranger during the pandemic as one man’s grocery bill was paid by someone else at the checkout.
Ken Norman was the recipient of the gesture. For whatever reason, Norman’s credit card didn’t work, nor did his debit card. Thinking he had forgotten the correct PIN, he then said to the cashier that he should go and call his wife, because she’ll remember the number.
The cashier called Norman closer and said not to worry, that a woman in the lineup had just paid his bill. He couldn’t believe it. “I felt pretty humbled, somewhat