A north San Diego woman is on a mission to honor the legacy of a man she barely knows – all because he did something nice for her. On Nov. 10, Carlsbad resident Jamie-Lynne Knighten met Matthew Jackson for about five minutes at the Trader Joe’s on Vista Way. Her 5-month-old son was fussy, and she was trying to shop for food for the week.
With a crying baby in her arms, groceries ready to go and a mounting line behind her, Knighten said her credit card was declined at the cash register due to an anti-fraud block. She had just returned from traveling abroad.
“[My baby] just wasn’t having it. By the time we got to the check-out, I was done,” she recounted. Then, in a random act of kindness, Knighten says Jackson offered to pay for her groceries, which came out to more than $200. Knighten says the 28-year-old man from Oceanside stepped in saying, “May I? May I take care of your groceries?”
Jackson wanted one thing in return, according to Knighten. She said he asked, “As long as you promise to do it for somebody else.”