Entrepreneur Sophie Marie Bennett from Birmingham, England, was recently in a Tesco supermarket and saw a young mom being interrogated over stealing “Pampers and baby milk.” Bennett, who has been involved in several youth focused charitable events in Birmingham, didn’t hesitate to pay for the woman’s items. She later tweeted about the encounter.
“Just saw a woman getting caught stealing Pampers and baby milk in Tesco. I paid for it,” the tweet reads. “If you’re having to steal baby milk and Tesco brand pampers at 8:15am, you defo had a hard night. She cried, and just said thank you over and over again.”
The tweet received more than 400-thousand likes and 30-thousand retweets. Most of the comments to the tweet were positive, praising Bennett for her kindness and sympathizing with the mother’s situation.