FORT MYERS, Fla. — Michael Montgomery, a service technician with Hulett Environmental Services, jumped at an opportunity to help a complete stranger who works in a profession near and dear to him: teaching.
Montgomery, whose mom was a teacher, was in a Walmart checkout line behind first-year kindergarten teacher Breanna Ferrell, who was about to pay for more than $100 worth of supplies. As Ferrell told the Ft. Myers NBC affiliate (NBC 2), “[Montgomery] asked, ‘Are you a teacher?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Well, I’m going to buy everything for you.’"
Montgomery, who was at Walmart to buy laundry soap, told NBC 2 that everything just aligned perfectly. “So many things had to happen. I was behind her, she was in that situation, it just had to happen.”
Montgomery’s act of kindness has not gone unnoticed. The NBC story has been picked up by social media sites, and has had thousands of Likes and retweets on sites like Facebook, including a shout out from LeBron James’s Facebook page.
Hulett Environmental Services Marketing Director Greg Rice told PCT the Hulett team was thrilled to learn of Montgomery’s good deed. “It’s so encouraging to know that our employees – in the process of their daily activities – find ways to serve others that aren’t associated with protecting people’s homes and health from pests. It’s something you can’t teach. We are certainly thankful to have people like Mike on our team.”