On her way home, Syed couldn’t stop thinking about how to help Bryanna further. She detailed the incident in a Facebook post, asking her friends and followers to chip in "$5 or (whatever)" through Venmo or Cash App to support Bryanna. To her surprise, the post quickly went viral, and donations poured in. Syed soon raised over $1,000, far exceeding her expectations. “We’re about to make this woman cry in a different way,” she wrote, thrilled by the generosity and eager to brighten Bryanna’s day after such an awful encounter.
Angry customer threw drink at fast-food worker, next customer responded in the best way
Feroza Syed offered to call the cops if she wanted to press charges. She then vented on Facebook.
Feroza Syed found herself stepping up in an unexpected way during a routine stop at a fast-food drive-thru in suburban Atlanta. As she approached the window, she witnessed a man throwing a large drink at Bryanna, a pregnant worker, simply because he hadn’t wanted ice in his drink. Shocked and furious, Syed rushed to Bryanna’s side. Six months pregnant, Bryanna was soaked and trying to hold back tears. Syed didn’t hold back either, giving the man a piece of her mind. “Y’all know I was screaming! You a rude M.F.! What the f***!!! That was a big a** man, and one day my lil’ a** is gonna get pulled together right quick. I need to be better, but when I see rude unnecessary stuff like that I just go awf," she wrote on Facebook. Syed gave Bryanna a $20 tip and offered to call the police on the man for her.
After collecting money, Feroza Syed tried contacting Bryanna through the restaurant and her manager passed on the message, before eventually connecting."(Feroza) was like ...'I have a surprise for you and I really want to give it to you in person' so I sent her my address," said Bryanna, reported CNN. "She gave me the envelope and I couldn't do nothing but cry because I wasn't expecting that." The envelope contained $1,700 in donations. "A large portion of the donations were $5, $10, $20, and that totaled up to a large sum of money," said Syed, before adding that all she wanted to do was "put a smile on her face and show her not all humans are horrible."
"When I handed her the money she started crying, saying she needed it badly. She’s so sweet, has a good head on her shoulders," wrote Syed after meeting her. Syed then went one step further and posted Bryanna's Cash App handle, so people could directly donate to her and also helped set up an online baby registry at Target. "She has been a blessing. There are still some good people out there," said Bryanna. Syed doesn't want any credit, adding, "I just saw somebody being mistreated and I didn't like what I saw." She believes doing the right thing inspires others to do the same as well. "What I keep learning again and again and again is when you see something like this or any situation where someone is being mistreated or harmed ... all it takes is one person to change the narrative," said Syed.
Essential workers have risked their own lives during the pandemic and the least you can do is be kind to them."When we talk about how to give back to our essential workers who put their lives on the line feeding, housing, shopping, and providing health care for us — remember that anyone can do what I did," wrote Syed. The responses to Syed's act of kindness have evoked positive responses on her page. "I’d just like to take a moment to say that Atlanta, Georgia, and the world is a better place with you in it Feroza. I don’t think there’s a single day that goes by that you don’t do something that inspires me to try and do more good for others. So thank you, truly, for being such a wonderful person. We are all fortunate to have you in our lives," wrote Drew West.
This article originally appeared 3 years ago.
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