My wife found this in her FB feed so I just had to share:)
"I know I shouldn’t have done this, but I am 83 years old and I was in the McDonald’s drive-through this morning and the young lady behind me leaned on her horn and started mouthing something because I was taking too long to place my order. So when I got to the first window I paid for her order along with my own. The cashier must have told her what I'd done because as we moved up she leaned out her window and waved to me and mouthed "Thank you.", obviously embarrassed that I had repaid her rudeness with kindness. When I got to the second window I showed them both receipts and took her food too. Now she has to go back to the end of the queue and start all over again, Don't blow your horn at old people, they have been around a long time.. "
I actually felt better about it when it appeared like an act of kindness in response to her rudeness. And, it might have improved the young woman's behavior in the future, at least occasionally.
Or it could have done the opposite and made her think that acting entitled gets you rewarded.
Yes, that's possible. But you know which direction Jesus would have taken, and I have to say I believe many people benefit more from kindness -- it turns their head when they've done something that doesn't deserve it -- than from coldness.