'So sweet': Waitress' kind gesture makes a customer with Down Syndromes' day

If people just took an extra few minutes in their day to make another person smile, how much better a place would the world be?

Take your lead from a waitress at an IHop in Abilene, Texas, who showed some kindness towards one of her customers. 

Regina Thomason and her son Dwayne had stopped off at a restaurant for some refreshments and Dwayne, who has Down Syndrome, noticed their waitresses name tag said, ''Millie.''

Regina posted about the interaction on Facebook.

She wrote, "Dwayne immediately noticed the waitress's name tag (Dwayne has a thing for badges and name tags). He told the waitress that he liked her name tag and then told her that his name is 'Captain America'.''

According to News 4, Millie said, ‘I love that name!'''

So, as they were about to leave the restaurant, Millie came over with a name tag especially  for the 50-year-old that read “Captain America''.  

Regina wrote, "before we left – here comes the waitress – pins a name tag on Dwayne's shirt – and yes it said '"CAPTAIN AMERICA' – Dwayne was thrilled! Thank you to Millie at Ihop. U made his day!"

"When people come in, I want to make them smile. If they leave happy, it makes me happy," Millie said. 

“When he left, I said, ‘bye, Captain America!’ and he just giggled. It made me feel good.''

The post garnered a huge reaction on social media, with people commenting their delight at the exchange. 

 They wrote, ''that's so sweet! I love to see people being compassionate!'' and ''Aw it’s so nice when some one takes the extra moment to just be nice!!!''

Well done Millie!