I paid if forward at ALDI

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You know about the Quarter system at ALDI right? I got out of the car with a quarter in my right hand and began walking to the parked carts but before I reached them a lady with a cart offered hers to me. I tried to give her my quarter but she refused to take it. She smiled and walked on. I now had a shopping cart with the quarter already in the slot. I put the other quarter in my pocket. Thinking about this I realized that lady and her kindness. When I finished buying my groceries and walked out to put up the cart I saw an old man with his grandson along side him. The man had a cane and the boy seemed to be at a disadvantage, as he was walking with a limp. I offered the cart to him. He took it thankfully. I did not ask for a quarter in return. I payed it forward. That is the way to do things. It leaves you feeling like you did a good thing for a stranger. Think about this the next time you go to an ALDI. It is the right thing to do. It didn't cost me a quarter. After all I still had my 25 cents in my pocket. The reason this is a good deed to do is simple, sometimes a person might arrive at the ALDI with no cash and have no way of getting a cart to put their groceries in. They may be on food stamps. In that case, paying it forward by giving the cart helps out in a way that nothing else ever would.