I spent $60 at Taco Bell drive-thru on a ‘pay it forward’ train – the lady paying screamed at me, it’s split opinion
A WOMAN found herself in a heated exchange over her Taco Bell order.
Meredith Donovan (@meredith.donovan) placed a $60 Taco Bell order, before realizing that she was in a pay-it-forward line.
Posting on TikTok, Meredith revealed she rolled up her windows and locked her car doors as the driver in front came “screaming” towards her.
“Basically I pulled up and placed my order which was like 60 bucks worth of Taco Bell,” Meredith said.
“It’s a lot of food, don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t all for me.
“The car in front of me pulls up to the pay window. I’m on my phone and I just hear a car door slam.
“I look up and this lady has gotten out of her car in front of me and is running towards my car, screaming her head off.
“I couldn’t make out what she was saying at first.
“So I rolled up my windows and locked the doors because I was scared.”
Meredith explained that she could hear the woman talking about a “scam” as she began to stop yelling.
“Basically the car before her paid for her meal, so she was going to be a good person and pay for the person behind her.
“You know a pay it forward scam,” Meredith continued.
“But I guess the car didn’t get behind her in time and it was actually my expensive order for all of my food.
“We had a little laugh and she apologized.
“But I did almost s**t my pants.”
The whole thing divided opinions, with some saying Meredith should have gone inside to place such a large order.
However, others said the woman who yelled was in the wrong.
“Obviously not everyone is set up for pay it forward. Bad idea,” one wrote.
“People go inside for an order this big,” another commented.
“Stop the ‘pay it forward’ bs [bulls**t].
“If you want to help, order extra food and give it to the growing number of homeless people you’re seeing on the street,” a third said.
A fourth wrote: “Pay it forward Karen lol (the woman who screamed at her).”