{"id":744,"date":"2026-01-27T15:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:45:47","slug":"homeless-man-asks-burger-king-worker-what-can-i-get-for-0-50-the-boys-answer-is-wise-beyond-his-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=744","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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><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 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=744\" title=\"Homeless man asks Burger King worker \u2018What can I get for $0.50?\u2019 \u2013 the boy\u2019s answer is wise beyond his years\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}