Every day, we're bombarded with the dark, dismal, and depressing news of the world.
But there's good news, too, if you know where to look — like at your local fast food joint.
So grab a hanky and get ready for your heart to grow three sizes, because here's a look
at some fast food employee acts of kindness that will make you cry.
Qdoba employee makes a special effort
In 2015, a video went viral that showed Qdoba employee Ridge Quarles helping a customer
order and eat her meal.
Quarles told NBC news that the customer is a regular, so he knew what she wanted.
David Jones, who recorded the video, told NBC:
"It seems to me that if everybody in the world would just use the little simple gift that
they have to maybe benefit somebody else, think what the world would be like."
McDonald's employee saves the day
Pedro Viloria was working the drive-thru at the Doral, Florida McDonald's in March 2017,
when his night took an unexpected turn.
He was about to hand an order out the window when the SUV in the drive-thru started to
move, and the kids in the back started to scream — apparently their mother was having
some kind of medical emergency while behind the wheel.
Viloria jumped out the window and ran in front of the car to help stop it.
Another employee helped perform CPR on the driver, while two other customers also ran
to the woman's aid.
Fortunately, one of those customers was an off-duty fire rescue officer, and they were
able to stabilize the woman, who turned out to be an off duty police officer.
"My brain was on hero mode.
Totally."
"Do you feel like a hero tonight?"
"Well… kind of!"
DQ manager does the right thing
Joey Prusak started working at the Hopkins, Minnesota Dairy Queen when he was in 8th grade,
and by the time he was 19, he'd worked his way up to manager.
In 2013, he was serving a blind man when the customer dropped $20.
The woman behind him in line picked it up and pocketed it, and Prusak called her out
on it.
She refused to give the money back, saying it was hers.
In an act of kindness that went viral, Prusak not only threw her out of the store, he then
pulled $20 out of his own wallet and gave it to the man.
"I didn't expect anything, nor did I frankly want anything from it, because it wasn't anything
that I wouldn't have done on any other day."
Domino's takes customer service to a new level
Some people just love pizza, but usually that love doesn't save your life.
It did for one person, though.
For several years, a Domino's in Oregon received an order nearly every single day from the
same customer.
When the orders suddenly stopped, manager Sarah Fuller sent a driver to his home to
make sure he was okay.
"Ok, what's going on?"
"This is Domino's Pizza, and we have a customer that usually orders like every night from
us."
Emergency responders discovered the man had suffered a medical emergency.
They were able to save his life, though, thanks to the quick thinking of the Domino's team.
Pal's Sudden Service employee saves toddler
According to CBS, Pal's Sudden Service employee Kaela Eads was just wrapping up her shift
in March, 2017, when a customer ran to the drive-thru window with a toddler in her arms.
She had been just about to drive away when she realized the boy wasn't breathing.
Eads ran out.
The 18-year-old had gotten her CPR certification from school, and started her attempts to get
the boy breathing again.
She succeeded.
By the time emergency services arrived he was breathing — faintly — and was rushed
to the hospital.
Eads followed up with the family later, and found the boy was doing well.
"I guess everything happens for a reason.
I ended up being the only one that could do it, so I was very thankful for that."
Taco Bell breaks the language barrier
If you've ever wondered whether or not the things you learn in high school have a practical
application, Caleb Francis has the answer: they do.
When it came to picking high school electives, he decided to learn American Sign Language.
That came in handy when a hearing impaired customer came into Taco bell during his shift.
Sensing the man was struggling to figure out how to place his order, Francis switched to
sign language, and everything was smooth sailing from there.
"People said like, 'Oh, you probably made his day like so much easier.'
[...] But what people don't understand is that it is just as exciting for me to get
to sign to people."
Pizza Hut employees solve hostage crisis
The Washington Post says Cheryl Treadway was a fairly regular customer at the Pizza Hut
in Avon Park, Florida, so getting an order from her was nothing out of the ordinary — until
one day they got an order with the note saying "please help — get 911 to me" and "911 hostage
help."
Employees immediately took action and called for help, reaching out to the local sheriff's
office and alerting them to the message and the possible danger.
Police rushed to the scene and arrested Treadway's knife-wielding boyfriend, safely rescuing
her and her children.
Another victory for pizza!
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