Random Acts of Kindness

While enjoying lunch at Red Robin today, Roommate and I found ourselves crammed into a side table for two with a rowdy foursome of businessmen next to us.  We attempted to carry on a conversation amongst ourselves but the boisterous older men were overpowering our conversation.  As our waiter walked by, the gentleman sitting next to me loudly shouted out to him, "HEY!  Come here a second!... See those three military people over there... I want to pay their bill."  Assuming the man knew them, I didn't pay much attention to what he was doing.  The waiter and Manager retrieved the bill, the man paid and as the military personnel were leaving, each one stopped by and shook the man's hand.  To everyone of them, the man said, "Thank you so much for your service," to which each solider responded with a surprised and endearing smile.  After they had all come by to say 'Thank you', the man sat down and responded to his companions' inquiring faces with, "It was the least I could do... they're serving our country."