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If one person does a kindness for three strangers, and those three people each do kindnesses for three strangers, and so on, one person can change the world.
Rarely do we see this acted out in the real world the way it was cinematically but on a smaller scale, these sorts of random niceties happen far more often than you might think.
Today, it's selflessness at a small coffee house in Bluffton, South Carolina.

It all started two years ago at Corner Perk, a small, locally owned coffee shop, when a customer paid her bill and left $100 extra, saying she wanted to pay for everyone who ordered after her until the money ran out. The staff fulfilled her request, and the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, has returned to leave other large donations every two to three months.

People will come in and say:
"What do you mean? I don't understand. Are you trying to buy me a coffee today?"
"No, somebody came in 30 minutes ago and left money to pay for drinks until it runs out."

It took a while, but word has started to spread around the tiny coastal town, home to about 12,000 people. Now, more and more customers have been leaving money to pay for others' food and drink. Some people don't even buy anything when they come in; they just stop to donate and head right back out.

A medium cup of coffee at Corner Perk costs $1.95.
That may not seem like a lot, but for a family struggling to save money in these tense and difficult economic times, two bucks saved at the right moment probably feels like a million.
And a jolt of generosity is a better pick-me-up than caffeine any day of the week.

La solidarité peut rendre le café gratuit.
C'est en tout cas ce qui arrive au Corner Perk, dans la petite ville côtière de Bluffton
(Caroline du Nord), où certains clients ont pris l'habitude de payer pour les boissons des autres.

Tout a commencé lorsqu'une cliente, après avoir payé sa commande,
a laissé aux serveurs 100 dollars supplémentaires en leur demandant d'utiliser l'argent
pour payer les commandes des clients suivants jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y en ait plus.

Les premiers clients ont été surpris,
puis l'information a fini par se répandre en quelques mois dans la ville
et payer en avance pour le café des autres est devenu une habitude.
Certaines personnes rentreraient dans le café uniquement pour laisser de l'argent...

Manuel
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