{"id":16625,"date":"2024-02-28T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=16625"},"modified":"2024-02-28T09:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:47:20","slug":"teenage-kroger-worker-helps-senior-citizen-pay-for-groceries-gods-there-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2024\/02\/teenage-kroger-worker-helps-senior-citizen-pay-for-groceries-gods-there-for-them.html","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Kroger Worker Helps Senior Citizen Pay For Groceries: &#8216;God&#8217;s There For Them&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16631\" style=\"width: 807px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2024\/02\/teo-jordan-act-of-kindness-credit-wlwt-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16631\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2024\/02\/teo-jordan-act-of-kindness-credit-wlwt-youtube.png\" alt=\"teo jordan\" width=\"807\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WLWT\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Teo Jordan, a teenager working at Kroger in Kentucky, overheard a cashier telling an older man to put back the items he couldn\u2019t afford, the young man instantly stepped in, and the simple act of kindness has so many praising the helpful teen. Teo Jordan is an 18-year-old high school senior from Covington, Kentucky, who has only been working at Kroger as a bagger for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s working on saving up to buy a car, but that didn\u2019t stop him from going above and beyond for a customer who needed help. It started when Jordan overheard a conversation at the checkout between a cashier and an older man. The cashier told the older man he didn\u2019t have enough money to cover the groceries in his order. Without the slightest hesitation, Jordan reached into his wallet.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan said of the random act of kindness, \u201cI just saw I wanted to help the guy. I saw that he didn\u2019t have the money for all the groceries that he wanted. The cashier told him he would have to put some of the things back, so I just thought in my head I would give him this $35 so he could have all the food that he wants.\u201d The teen working at Kroger didn\u2019t think anything of his act of kindness. After all, he thinks you should just \u201ctreat people how you want to be treated, always help out if somebody needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2gLGrZtyBlI?si=SoyUBvkmuXdxD4WW\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Jordan\u2019s good deed awed others and left his proud mom \u201coverwhelmed with joy.\u201d Teo Jordan didn\u2019t expect or want a big fuss made over his kind deed. However, in these challenging times, inspiring stories like this are exactly what we need to hear, and Jordan shared some good advice for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cJust do something helpful for people. 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