Make a Drive-Thru Difference
May 1, 2013 by WGTS 91.9
Filed under About Us, What You Hear
When you go to the drive-thru for your morning coffee, or a quick bite at lunch, or anywhere you go to make a purchase – show a little kindness and pay the bill for the person behind you. You might just impact someone’s day in ways greater than you might imagine.
And every Wednesday, it’s Drive-Thru Difference Day – to help spread a little love around the DC area.
Here’s how to get started…
Just download a Drive-Thru Difference Note (PDF) here. Print this out – even a few copies – take it with you, and put in your car.
When you go to a drive-thru for your morning coffee or your quick lunch, simply give this flyer to the cashier and let them know you want to pay for the person behind you – then see what happens!
We would love to hear how it went – it just might encourage someone to do it, too!
- Call 877-948-7919
- Leave us a voicemail at (202) 505-4919
- Post your story to our Facebook page
- Twitter – #919difference
You can hear a story one person who has already been encouraged by the Drive-Thru Difference.
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Make a Drive-Thru Difference
I am a graphic designer here in Birmingham, AL and listen daily to your show. I love every minute of it.
I am so inspired about the Make a Drive-Thru Difference program that you run that it really made me want to do the same thing here in Birmingham. Can I share this idea with a new local christian radio station to see where God will take this idea, of course it would all be credited back to you.
Your thoughts…
Hey Rick,
Thanks for asking about that–so glad you’ve been moved by the Drive-Thru Difference. I’d have to check to see if the name itself is copyrighted, but there’s nothing about doing something kind for a random stranger that is.
Pls feel free to share this with them. Most of us in the radio industry around the country are pretty well connected, so chances are they may have heard about it, but doesn’t hurt to mention to them.
Blessings,
Rob Conway
WGTS 91.9
Hi WGTS Friends!
Now that I live in Seattle I’d like to do the drive thru difference here. Can you post a note that refers people to the WGTS website rather than the radio station? Or should I make my own note?
Thanks!
Angie
i am not sure how this would work- i am often moved to pay for people in front of me after they have ordered i pay their entire bill sometimes even asking is there something else they wanted to eat , but i cant for the life of me figure out how you pay for the person behind if you do not know what they have ordered and what their bill total is, pls help me understand this-Thank you guys you are the best!!
Hi Flo!
When you pull up to the window, just tell the cashier you’d like to pay for the person behind you and they will tell you how much their order is. You just pay for it like you would yourself. And don’t forget to hand them the note!
Thanks for asking!
Hi Angie,
We should definitely put our website there, too! We have good friends at another station in Seattle that do the same thing, but I don’t think they’d mind you sending them to us, either.
Good idea. We miss you back here!
I want to Longhorn yesterday with my family to have dinner, when it was time to pay for the check, to my surprise another person have already pay for it. I was so surprised, and grateful. God work miracle in so many ways and for that I said thank you and may God continue to bless them who so ever they maybe.