This story has aired on CNN, and probably a ton of other news shows. The excerpt below is from a local news station

“At the Starbucks drive-thru in Loveland, more and more people are pulling up to the pick-up window to find they owe nothing. They’re then told the person ahead of them paid their bill. 
“It kind of almost took my breath away for a minute,” said Lindell Green, a Loveland resident. “It was just such a wonderful surprise.” 

Green then paid for the person behind him. 

“This is paying it backwards,” he chirped. 

Starbucks employee Julia Domascieno says – for reasons she can’t explain – this random act of kindness is becoming less and less random. 

“I’ve seen it go through 15 cars,” she said. “