Thursday was a good day to grab a coffee at Tim Hortons at Easthill Centre in Red Deer.
At about 9:30 a.m., a man came in and paid for 500 cups of coffee for fellow customers — for a total of $850.
The extreme Good Samaritan coffee trend struck a Tim Hortons in Edmonton on Monday, Calgary on Wednesday and Ottawa on Thursday.
“He wanted to do the same,” said manager Katie Evans who did not recognize the anonymous coffee donor. She did not know if he was from Red Deer.
Free coffee was given out from 10 a.m. to about 1 p.m. both in the drive-through and in the store.
“It was pretty awesome to see everyone’s expressions. Everyone was very happy,” Evans said.
She has worked for Tim Hortons for five years and regularly sees customers pay for strangers’ coffees.
“Usually you get pay-it-forward in the drive-through, but it only lasts about 10 cars.”
szielinski@www.reddeeradvocate.com