An Anonymous Stranger

For one of my communication classes, we have been studying Wal-Mart. We recently watched the video, "Is Wal-Mart Good for America". After watching this, we have been researching different things that happen behind closed doors of the well known store.

Among finding all the articles regarding using third world Country sweat shops to keep their production low, and all the controversy that Wal-Mart is facing, I found something that was much more up my alley.

I am constantly touched by stories I find about Random Acts of Kindness. In the negative talk about Wal-Mart, I was extremely happy to find this video and article about an act that happened in the Searcy, Arkansas Wal-Mart to a women named Mary Wadley. 

She tells her story about how she was having trouble making ends meet, and one day, when the final item was swiped leaving her bill to $139 dollars, the cashier informed her that the man before her had already paid for her groceries.

Wadley remembers the man smiling at her before leaving, and after she found out what he had done, looked for him as he headed towards to door, and he never looked back. She calls this anonymous stranger her angel, and is keeping her receipt for hope of the future of getting back on her feet.