Teen who had Starbucks paid for by kind stranger branded 'selfish' by customers

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A student who had her Starbucks order paid for by a stranger was later branded "selfish" by disgruntled customers. The 16-year-old woman, from the US, had stopped in at the store to pick up a coffee on her way to school.

Posting about the situation to Reddit, she explained that whilst waiting in the queue, the man in front of her decided he wanted to start a goodwill chain of paying for the order of the next person.

She thanked him for covering her $7 (£5) coffee order, but was unable keep up the good deed chain - as the group behind her had ordered $34 (£26) worth of food and drink she couldn't afford.As reported by the Mirror, she wrote: "This morning I went to Starbucks to grab a coffee and breakfast before school. "The man in front of me apparently had just gotten a big paycheque and wanted to start one of those 'pay for the person behind you' chains."He paid for my $7 order, which I thanked him endlessly for."But the group of women behind me ordered $34 worth of things that I couldn't afford."Instead of being understanding of the teen's financial situation, one of the women in the group slammed her as "selfish" and claimed it was "unfair" that she was leaving with a free coffee without continuing the chain of good deeds.She added: "I told the cashier that I wouldn't be paying for them and one of the three women exploded on me."She started yelling about how kids my age were selfish and had no manners.

Another woman made a point that it was unfair I got a free order and was trying to leave."Now I feel like an a**hole because I really could've paid for their orders with some extra pocket change, but I wanted to save the money for school lunch and getting a snack from our vending machines.