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A simple act of kindness gave a Mackay bottle-collecter an unexpected $50 surprise, proving that generosity can show up in the most ordinary moments. Photo source: Shutterstock
A Mackay man’s routine bottle-collecting hobby turned into an unexpected act of kindness at a local car park.
The man, who collects discarded plastic bottles and cans to redeem for 10-cent refunds, said he was going about his usual morning when a woman called him over and handed him two empty bottles.
After joking that he now “owed her 20 cents,” the pair shared a brief, light-hearted moment before the woman and her companion went to leave.
But then, just as they drove off, the pair handed the man an empty Coke bottle — with a quiet instruction to “look under the cap.”
Inside the neck of the bottle, he found a folded $50 note.
Stunned by the gesture, the man said the pair simply drove away without waiting for thanks, in a moment he described as proof that kindness still exists in everyday Mackay life.
“Good, generous people still do exist,” he reflected.
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