This Unexpected Interaction Between Cook and Customer Will Melt Your Heart

This unexpected interaction between a cook and a customer will melt your heart. Likely no one saw this exchange between the two men coming, but it was truly sweet and touching. Watch the short but heartwarming clip to see what brought about the surprising move between the two.

This world is a fallen, lost place and broken beyond repair. Likewise, it’s full of people who are lost, hurting and struggling, often scratching and crawling, hoping to make it through another day. Many are searching here and there for something, anything that will provide even a second’s worth of temporary relief.

Sadly, most of those who are hurting and struggling do so in silence, never letting on what they are going through. To make it even worse, hurt and need are all around us – in a coworker, a neighbor, a family member or a friend. We can never be sure what someone is going through or what they may be dealing with in their present situation.

Everybody is fighting an invisible battle, and with a little kindness, love and grace, we can make a world of difference to someone who is hurting and dealing with heartache. Offering someone something as simple as a hug can be huge, as a clip posted on social media seems to indicate.

In the short, 44-second video, one man quietly stands nearby as a second man works behind a stove and bags up his order. At different points through the clip, as the cook gathers the order, it appears they exchange a few words here and there.

At first glance, this seems to be a typical, everyday interaction, a customer picking up his order from a favorite restaurant. But then something truly unexpected happens.

Once the order is bagged up and ready for the customer, the cook opens up his arms to the customer, offering him a hug. The customer responds, welcoming the unexpected invitation of a hug. It quickly becomes clear that the customer badly needed a hug as he holds that embrace longer than expected.

We can never be sure what someone is dealing with or battling, but we can always be kind and show them love and grace.

Proverbs 11:17 “The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.”