Inspired by Kindness at the Toll Station

--by bob.gelinas, posted May 7, 2012

Has this ever happened to you? You pull up at a toll booth (in the cash only lane!) to pay for your toll and the attendant tells you that your toll has already been paid for by someone in the car in front of you! I am happy to say that I've had this happen to me a few times - each time I sit there somewhat dumbfounded!

Today the thought hit me that toll booths are a great opportunity to use Smile Cards! Next time your on the turnpike or the autobahn, take your smile cards with you. When you pull up to the toll booth pay for your toll and the person behind you. Give the attendant two smile cards - one for the attendant to spread some good, the other for the attendant to hand to the person in the car behind so that they too might have the opportunity to continue pay this act of kindness forward.

I'm going to try it the next time I go thru the toll booth just to see it in action - I'll report back!

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Posted by bob.gelinas
May 7, 2012
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MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That is always a great way to spread kindness. The smile cards are a good idea! :)

unknown wrote: supercool idea :)

trueblue wrote: yes a great idea..i will give it a try... :-)

iferlamb wrote: I have done this several times and it ROCKS! The only thing I didn't think of was giving the attendant a card of their own. Nice touch, I'll add that!
smiles...

moral12 wrote: That's a great idea, to give two smile cards, one for the recipient and one for the toll attendant. Thanks for the idea!

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