Strangers Help Teacher Who Cannot Afford Groceries

'What Would You Do'' is a television show featuring hidden cameras and hosted by John Qui'ones. Each episode focuses on putting strangers in difficult situations and then recording how they react. You never know how someone will respond from episode to episode. Sometimes, there is anger while other times you will find yourself wiping away a tear. Most of the episodes are inspired by real life events and that’s exactly what is happening on today’s show.

We all know that teachers a truly an underappreciated profession. They do so much to help develop our children, all the way down to purchasing their own school supplies. Research shows that 94 percent of teachers spend their own money to buy supplies for the classroom. In this particular episode, an actress is posing as a teacher and she’s at the grocery store buying food and school supplies. But when she hands over her credit card, the cashier has to inform her that it is declined. When faced with the difficult decision of buying food for her or supplies for the class, the teacher chooses the children.

This powerful episode shows how strangers react when they overhear this encounter while waiting in line at the store. One by one, these customers come to the aid of the teacher and offer words of support. And when they find out that they are being filmed for a television show, everyone continues to show support for our teachers and sing their praises. What would you have done in this situation?