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Is it Kepke or Kepke, I'm not sure he adjusted his pledge.
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Now today's expression is perfect.
Today's expression is exactly what Bernard Guido and Marcus are doing.
Pay it forward, to pay it forward. P -A -Y pay it forward, F -O -R -W -A -R -D.
To pay it forward means to pay the cost for somebody else, as a gift, as a surprise.
You do not even know who the somebody else is, but you are paying for it.
This is the idea of pay it forward. It sounds crazy.
I know. But the perfect example would be you're driving down the road and you come to a toll booth or a toll gate, you have to pay some money, you have to pay a dollar or whatever.
So you go to the person and you give them your dollar and then you say to the toll gate person, oh, and here is another dollar for the person behind me, whoever that is I don't know.
And then you go. And then the next person comes to the toll gate and says, here's my dollar.
And the toll gate person says, oh no. The person in front of you already paid.
You're free to go. Yeah, it's like Christmas, it's great.
And actually in America, this happens a lot.
Not just on the roads, but in other places too!
Let's check out the dialog.
What would you like today?
A Venti Caramel Macchiato, please.
That comes to $5 .15.
Okay, here's $10 .30.
I'll pay for the next person's too.
Oh, paying it forward. Great.
Next... There you go.
Paying it forward at the coffee shop.
Exactly. Now, I go to the coffee shop probably four, sometimes five times a week and nobody has ever paid it forward for me.
But hey, I don't have to expect it.
I can do it myself.
So, maybe tomorrow I will pay it forward. You can do this in so many different places and so many different events, whether it be a newspaper at a restaurant even at the grocery market, you can leave an extra 20 dollars and say please use this 20 dollars on the next person's bill.
Now of course there is the issue of trust. Can you trust the cashier to keep your money safe and to actually use that money to pay for the next person's bill?
Yes, there is that issue.
But in America, it actually is...
well not common, but it happens.
It happens rather frequently.
It's something really nice.
doing something for somebody that you don't know.
Something small, but it makes you feel good because you don't expect anything in return and it makes the person receiving the gift feel really good.
Isn't that great? Isn't that a nice way to make the world a little bit happier?
Pay it forward. It's a great expression.
Let's check out that dialogue 2 more times.
What would you like today?
A Venti Caramel Macchiato, please.
That comes to $5 .15.
OK. Here's $10 .30. I'll pay for the next person's, too.
Oh, paying it forward. Great.
Next. What would you like today?
A Venti Caramel Macchiato, please.
That comes to $5 .15!
OK Here's $10 .30 I'll pay for the next person's too!
Oh! Paying it forward!
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