Good Samaritan's Over $1,000 Gift to Stranger Stuns Internet - Newsweek

Online commenters person praised a antheral who purportedly paid a stranger's outstanding inferior measure of implicit $1,000.

The man's colleague—an anonymous societal media idiosyncratic posting nether the sanction Polar Nerd—shared the communicative successful a now-viral Twitter thread, writing: "I'm lone sharing this due to the fact that I deliberation it mightiness marque a fewer radical grin today." The tweets person amassed implicit 395,000 likes and much than 33,000 retweets. You tin read the afloat communicative here.

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The Good Samaritan

In their now-viral Twitter thread, Polar Nerd said they and their workfellow were connected their mode to luncheon erstwhile they spotted a "utility shutoff notice" connected someone's door.

Here, a banal representation of an overdue bill. Online commenters person praised a antheral who purportedly paid a stranger’s outstanding inferior measure of implicit $1,000. Olivier Le Moal/istock

"[M]y workfellow stopped and took it disconnected the door," Polar Nerd said. "While sitting astatine the deli, helium called and paid the outstanding bill, implicit a 1000 dollars, past tore up the announcement and threw it successful the garbage, with nary comment."

Polar Nerd added that their workfellow didn't cognize the household astatine all—they were full strangers.

"He's [my colleague] is besides Sikh, wears a Dastar, and gets changeless grief from ignorant people," Polar Nerd continued. "I'm lone sharing this due to the fact that I deliberation it mightiness marque a fewer radical grin today. There are bully radical successful the world. And present I'm reasoning I tin bash amended myself."

Paying a Stranger's Bill

Some commenters were skeptical of Polar Nerd's story. They argued that his workfellow would've needed the stranger's idiosyncratic accusation to wage the outstanding bill. But Polar Nerd said the inferior institution lone needed the address.

Tiffani Ashley Bell, the laminitis and enforcement manager of The Human Utility, confirmed for Newsweek that radical tin wage a stranger's inferior measure online with arsenic small arsenic an address.

"In a batch of places, each you request is an code to marque a payment," Bell told Newsweek. "In different places, you whitethorn lone beryllium capable to usage an relationship fig to marque a payment. In [some], you tin plug successful either one."

Bell added that galore inferior companies person a "'guest payment' functionality connected their website" that allows idiosyncratic to "plug successful an relationship fig and marque a payment."

"It genuinely does beryllium connected the inferior [company] and their billing software," Bell concluded.

Twitter Reacts

Many commenters were stunned by the story, and they thanked Polar Nerd for sharing it.

"Wow!!!" @schnookster58th exclaimed. "Thank you for telling america astir that fantastic bully deed."

"Your workfellow is their anonymous hero. [The story] brought tears to my eyes. My Hope Bucket is full. Thank you for sharing," @MontanaK8ie said.

"Thank him for each of us. He is what we should each strive to be—the champion of humanity," @Baphomet555666 added.

Newsweek reached retired to Polar Nerd via Twitter. They declined to comment.

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