Darlene Bowden had been a school lunch lady at the Irving Middle School in Pocatello, Idaho for three years. One day during school lunch a 12-year-old girl told her that she didn't have any money for lunch and she was very hungry.
You'll hear of stories of 'paying it forward', where someone might buy a coffee for somebody behind them in line, or pay the toll for the car next in line. That's usually thought of a good thing, however, in Florida, a tollbooth worker was fired for paying a driver's $5 toll.