Memphis Woman Says Youth Deserve Praise After Young Man ‘Insisted’ on Paying for Her Gas

Memphis Woman Says Youth Deserve Praise After Young Man ‘Insisted’ on Paying for Her Gas
Courtesy of Olivia Binns-Jennings
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A 59-year-old Tennessee native was touched when a young man she'd never met before insisted on paying for her purchase in line at the gas station. She snapped a selfie with the stranger on the forecourt and claims it’s about time the goodness of her city’s youth made headlines.

On the morning of Dec. 28, 2021, Olivia Binns-Jennings of Memphis pulled into her local Marathon gas station on Summer Avenue, in the Binghampton neighborhood near Midtown. There were two young men buying snacks and drinks in line ahead of her.