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Wales Online
Lucy Marshall & Phil Norris

A Lidl act of kindness as stranger steps in when man's card declined at till

It was one of those incidents that restores your faith in people. A man has described how a stranger paid for his shopping after his card was declined due to a lack of funds at a branch of Lidl.

Jordan Baker, who has been struggling with rising bills during the cost of living crisis, did have another card on him, but couldn't remember the pin. Luckily, "a nice gentleman" in the queue behind him offered to pay for his shopping, Yorkshire Live reports.

And while Jordan tried to decline the offer, the man insisted and the bill was paid. Jordan did manage to get some cash from an ATM at a nearby garage, but when he returned to pay the man back, the Good Samaritan had gone.

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