A father and his eight-year-old son from the US have gone viral after a $7.99 (£5.50) Goodwill jacket turned out to contain four loaded Subway gift cards.
The son had spent months hunting for the perfect leather jacket, checking every Goodwill they visited and often coming up empty. While on a weekend trip to Flagstaff, Arizona, the pair stopped at their favourite store. After about four minutes, the boy ran to his father shouting, "Papa! Papa! I found the one! I found the one!"
A surprise left in the pocket
The father bought the jacket and the family carried on with their holiday. When they reached their holiday home, the boy went upstairs to try it on. Soon he was hollering "Papa, papa" at the top of his lungs. He came down with four gift cards, each holding $10 (£7.50), all loaded - a total of $40 (£30) in Subway gift cards.
"So he's totally excited and offers to buy everyone dinner and now I'm absolutely thrilled that means Papa haven't got to cook tonight," the father wrote in the Reddit post, which dated back to 2022 but has been circulating online this week.
The post quickly drew warm responses from other users.
'Most wholesome story, ever'
- "That is a very cool jacket, too."
- "Papa is way cooler though."
- "I once thrifted a leather jacket for 7 dollars that had 13 dollars in the pocket, congrats, that is awesome."
- "Most wholesome story, ever! Remind me of mine when they were that age. At 8 they lived thrifting and selecting things they loved. Got tears in my eyes, they're now nearly 15."
