When the sales and payment software went down at a Wichita taco restaurant, the staff were anxious, and the line for the register, long.

Tensions were high, and when the Shear family finally got through the out-the-door-wrap-around line, they were told that Tacos TJ 664 was only accepting cash.

They were craving the fresh shrimp tacos they had come to adore, but there was a problem—they didn’t have enough money.

Mother Calli Shear thought “oh well,” and went for the door, when a stranger—a man in jeans and a Nick Nolte-like voice, reached out an arm and stopped them.

He handed them a $100 dollar bill, rebuffed the immediate refusal, rebuffed the offer of Venmo, and then told the family that dinner was on him tonight.

“When we gave him the change back, he walked to the line and tipped

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