Last-minute shoppers get groceries paid for by local fraternity

[ASTalumna06]

https://www.khou.com/amp/article/new...f-43773016a36b

HOUSTON, Texas — Sometimes it pays to procrastinate.

Wednesday night, some last-minute shoppers in southeast Houston got a surprise they won’t soon forget. Their groceries were completely paid for by a local chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

Last minute grocery shopping on the day before Thanksgiving, you can expect to be full of emotion - maybe some anger, frustration or even stress.

But inside the Kroger on Telephone Road, there were emotions you wouldn’t expect.

“Shocking, gratifying, surprising. I told him I said, I almost want to cry. It’s just amazing, it’s beautiful," shopper Isabel Doniz said.

Now part of their yearly tradition, The Rho Beta Beta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity was stopping shoppers at check out to ask them a very unexpected question.

“Do you mind if I pay for your groceries?"

[Cheerio]

So generous! Very smart to inquire permission from each patron.

And a Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow gcers!

[carnation]

I grew up very near that neighborhood! What a fine thing for the Omegas to do.

[PGD-GRAD]

Yes…a fine thing indeed! With so much tragedy in the world right now, generosity like this restores people’s faith in humanity.

And I SECOND Cheerio’s Thanksgiving wishes to all Greek chatters, past and present.