Not every retail exchange is worth remembering, but once in a while, a customer really captures your attention.

That’s exactly what happened when a man transformed a ten-dollar payment in the parking lot to an amusing robot impression to entertain his young son.

Read on for this wholesome story!

Tales from the Parking Lot: Mr. Roboto

Today there is an event at 3, a hockey game. Usually a pretty big mix of people.

I just had the weirdest customer ever pull in.

Dude pulls up:

Immediately, something is off about this interaction.

Roboto: How. Much. Is. Parking.

Me: Ten dollars sir.

He then proceeds to do slow motion robot moves to pull out his wallet. Noises and all.

Roboto: Zzzt. Cchhh. Vvvv. Cha. Here. You. Go. Hu-man.

Me: Tha… Thank you.

Soon the confused employee realizes why this guy is doing all of this.

As he’s pulling away, I see a young boy in the back seat with a physical disability, smiling while clutching a toy robot.

Fathering, this guy gets it.

Sometimes the weirdest customers end up being the best ones.

What did Reddit think?

Why not pay the kindness forward?

There’s enough bad customers out there, so it’s refreshing to hear about a good one.

This commenter thought the story was headed in a different direction.

This user has a funny little rhyme.

What seemed like a strange encounter at first ended up turning into the sweetest moment.

The best tip of the day was watching good parenting in action.

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