'Tis the season for giving.
Shea Serrano, a New York Times best-selling author and former staff writer for the now defunct Grantland had "a bunch of dope stuff" happen to his family this year, so he decided to pay it forward.
After receiving some extra cash from his book deal, Serrano decided to hand out the money to random strangers in Houston instead of spending the money on Christmas presents. Using his love for fast food as a starting point, Serrano opted to go to fast food restaurants and hand out some cash to employees.
[seealso slug="99-year-old-shopping-spree"]
you all are dope pic.twitter.com/nYDUas2lGG— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 10, 2015
"If we give it to people at fast food places," Serrano wrote on Twitter, "that's basically the same as them working 12 or 13 hours."
Serrano also received some money from friends on the Internet, so he started his quest with 14 $100 bills. Like any good writer, he live-tweeted his experience.
okay it ended up being $1400 we're handing out today i'ma keep y'all updated pic.twitter.com/OyPNZ5ynSo— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
First he visited a taqueria.
i stopped at this taqueria & gave $100 to a waitress i saw she was very happy & thankful oh great i'm already crying pic.twitter.com/GzNGHWTvcm— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
Then a McDonald's.
okay let's try a McDonald's pic.twitter.com/n9vS78F50F— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
aw man it worked we're 2/2 pic.twitter.com/iLDLcOsWhU— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
Next, Serrano switched it up and went to a thrift store where he gave $100 to the first person he saw.
saw this Value Village thrift store so i stopped here let's find someone in here pic.twitter.com/XVFnAYR8tx— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
His visit to Jack in the Box was unsuccessful, so he then headed to a grocery store where he gave $100 to a man unboxing items.
4 down 10 to go pic.twitter.com/gVeTCenQTu— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
got told no thank you by a lady so then i saw this man sitting outside pic.twitter.com/gnwlWD5e2d— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
he was asking people for a quarter so we gave him 400 of them and he was very happy :') pic.twitter.com/58gfnwC78D— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 11, 2015
Mashable has reached out to Serrano for additional comments, but he was not immediately available. However, he is still live-tweeting his experience, so you can follow his experience on Twitter. His book, The Rap Year Book, is available on Amazon.