NI supermarket employee rewarded for ‘pay it forward’ act of goodwill

A member of staff at a supermarket in east Belfast has been rewarded for their act of goodwill in paying for the shopping of a pensioner who was experiencing difficulties with his bank card.

David Vance, 35, an employyee of Lidl at Connswater for the past four years used his own card on September 22 to pay for the man’s shopping after the man’s card was declined on several occasions.

Connswater Shopping Centre manager Mark Rainey rewards David Vance from Lidl with £100 of gift vouchers and a customer care award after his recent act of kindness paying for a customer's shopping who was having difficulty paying. 
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Connswater Shopping Centre manager Mark Rainey rewards David Vance from Lidl with £100 of gift vouchers and a customer care award after his recent act of kindness paying for a customer's shopping who was having difficulty paying. Picture by Matt Mackey / Press Eye

His charitable act went unnoticed by the man, who assumed his card must have eventually worked, but details were later posted on Facebook by a woman in the queue behind him and the ‘pay it forward’ act went viral.

As a result of his good deed David was given £100 of gift vouchers and a customer care award from Connswater Shopping Centre manager Mark Rainey.

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