This year, about midway through December, J.J. Schwettmann, a Wimberley resident, stopped in HEB grocery to pick up a few items for himself and his cat. When his selections were complete, he made his way to the shortest checkout line. In that lane, he found just one woman ahead of him who was checking out.
As he focused on putting his items on the conveyor belt, he paid little attention to anything else. When the cashier finished scanning his items through the computer, he reached for his credit card. The cashier stopped him and said, “It’s been paid for.”
“What?” he asked.
The cashier told him again that his purchases had been paid for. When he asked who paid for them, she told him it was the woman who checked out in front of him.
Schwettmann said he couldn’t believe it. He looked for her in the HEB parking lot to thank her, but she had already left.
“I so hope that she reads this article. I want to say thank you and let her know that I too will pay it forward with donations to the Crisis Bread Basket and Barnabas Connection. And I would urge others to do the same. Pay it forward, it’s a wonderful feeling,” he said. “Finally, I want to extend a Merry Christmas wish and a heartfelt thank you to the mystery lady that set all of this in motion. Pay it forward.”
