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Teenage Walmart worker hailed as a hero after he helped out a distressed customer by footing her $110 grocery bill

19-year-old John Lopez Jr. never thought his good deed would go viral and said he was only doing what his parents taught him growing up.
UPDATED DEC 27, 2018

A teenager from Texas won several hearts on social media after he paid off a distressed customer's grocery bill during his shift at a local Walmart. When one customer at a Princeton Walmart became upset after coming up short on the bill, 19-year-old John Lopez Jr. said he only did what his parents taught him growing up.

Speaking to KTVT, Lopez said: “She started crying and I was like, ‘Okay, I got you. I got you. I just felt in my heart that the Lord told me I had to help her.”

According to Laci Simms, who documented the heartwarming incident Facebook, Lopez footed the $110 total for the old lady, People reports.

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