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Post of heartwarming exchange between cashier and an elderly man goes viral

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PHOTO: Facebook/Spring Herbison Bowlin
PHOTO: Facebook/Spring Herbison Bowlin

It’s the kind of story that warms your heart and restores your faith in humanity.

A woman’s Facebook post has gone viral, after she captured the moment a cashier patiently helped a nervous elderly man count his change.

Spring Herbison Bowlin shared a picture of the encounter at Walmart in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and explained how the touching exchange took place.

“This gentleman's items were scanned and he was given the total.

“He looks apologetically back at me and starts taking handfuls of change out of his pockets.

“He miscounts and starts to get flustered. Gives me a muttered, ‘I'm so sorry.’

“His hands and voice are shaking. This beautiful cashier takes his hands and dumps all the change on the counter and says, "This is not a problem, honey. We will do this together."

“He continues to apologise to both of us as we reassure him its ok. They get his transaction handled and he shuffles away.”

Spring adds how her heart melted at witnessing the interaction.

“I looked at this wonderful woman and said, ‘Thank you for being so patient with him.’

“She shakes her head and replies, ‘You shouldn't have to thank me, baby. What's wrong with our world is we've forgotten how to love one another.’”

Her post almost immediately went viral, resulting in more than 50 000 shares and 59 000 “likes”.

sources: Metro.co.uk, WGNTV.com, Abc7.com

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