By Brendan Rees
A Cranbourne elderly man has expressed his gratitude after two people paid for his shopping at Cranbourne Park shopping centre.
Peter Heywood said he tried to pay for a couple of magazines at Woolworths last month but his gift card was rejected.
He was told by the cashier there was a “glitch in the computer system” and he couldn’t pay for the items.
“The cashier said ‘could you go have a coffee somewhere and come back a bit later?'” the 74-year-old said.
While waiting in the food court for a few minutes, Mr Heywood said he was approached by two women carrying a bag who asked if it belonged to him.
“She handed me the bag with the magazines and whatever else it was,” he said.
“I said I haven’t paid for them. They said ‘that’s alright we’ve paid for them’.
“They must have been behind me in the queue and they saw what happened,” Mr Heywood added.
Mr Heywood said he was most thankful for the pair whom he had never met before.
