Kind coffee shop employees comfort grieving customer at drive-thru window
A Washington woman captured a moment of true kindness Saturday in an unlikely scenario -- her morning coffee run.
Barbara Danner was waiting in the drive-thru line at Dutch Bros. when she noticed three employees comforting the woman in front of her.
She later learned that the woman's husband had passed away the day before, and that the three employees were saying a prayer.
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Pierce Dunn, 19, one of the employees, told The Oregonian that he just wanted the woman to feel supported in her time of need.
"She was crying," he said. "I shed a few tears. We've cried since as well. When something that real happens, it hits close to home."
Another one of the employees, Evan Freeman, explained that he prayed with the woman despite not being religious himself -- and it all came down to empathy.
"She could have said she wanted an apple, and I would have gone and planted a tree and grown her an apple. It just happened to be religion that she wanted," he said.
And Dunn and Freeman aren't the only ones showing their support. Since Danner posted a photo of the moment to Facebook, it's garnered over 93,000 shares and over 319,000 reactions.
"Prayers for the young family, and you know where to stop for coffee," Danner wrote.
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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.
