{"id":17498,"date":"2026-01-27T15:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=17498"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:45:51","slug":"homeless-man-asks-burger-king-worker-what-can-i-get-for-0-50-the-boys-answer-is-wise-beyond-his-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=17498","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man asks Burger King worker \u2018What can I get for $0.50?\u2019 \u2013 the boy\u2019s answer is wise beyond his years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"246\">When someone needs help, we can either ignore them or step in. While we often help friends and family, strangers\u2014especially the homeless\u2014are frequently overlooked.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"451\">In 2018, Burger King worker Matthew Resendez faced this choice when a homeless man asked, \u201cWhat can I get for 50 cents?\u201d Instead of saying nothing, Matthew bought him a full meal out of his own pocket.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"601\">A diner noticed the act of kindness and tipped Matthew $100. His mother shared the story on Facebook, proud of her son\u2019s generosity and big heart.v<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When someone needs help, we can either ignore them or step in. While we often help friends and family, strangers\u2014especially the homeless\u2014are frequently overlooked. In 2018, Burger King worker Matthew Resendez faced this choice when a homeless man asked, \u201cWhat can I get for 50 cents?\u201d Instead of saying nothing, Matthew bought him a full&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=17498\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Homeless man asks Burger King worker \u2018What can I get for $0.50?\u2019 \u2013 the boy\u2019s answer is wise beyond his years&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17500,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17498\/revisions\/17500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}