YOUNG MAN PAID FOR A WOMAN’S GAS AFTER SHE TEASED HIS OJ

A Memphis woman named Olivia Jennings was teasing two young men in front of her at a Marathon gas station about the amount of orange juice they were buying when one of them turned around and paid for her gas. He handed her $20, she asked for a photo, and her Facebook post about it was liked and shared by hundreds of people.

Sunny Skyz reported the story on December 31, 2021.

Two young men, a lot of orange juice

Jennings was at the station when she started ribbing the pair ahead of her. The orange juice was the target.

“I was teasing him about all the orange juice they were buying,” Jennings told WREG.

Then one of them said he wanted to buy her gas. Jennings assumed the joking had simply gone both ways.

“I thought he was teasing and I pulled out my credit card, and I said, ‘oh it’s ok, I got it.’ He said, ‘no, ma’am, I really want to buy your gas.’ I said, ok,” she told WREG.

He then handed her $20, which is a fairly hard thing to mistake for a bit.

The photo and the post

Jennings was touched enough that she asked him to take a picture with her so she could put it online. She shared the photo and the story on Facebook.

“It was absolutely great for everybody coming together saying yes, you are right Memphis has good youth,” she told WREG. “No matter what you say, we’ve got them. They are everywhere.”

Jennings wanted people to know that good kids are all over Memphis, a city she said gets a bad reputation. She also pointed out how close to home the gesture hit.

“The young man is about the same age as my son,” Jennings told Click2Houston.

Her hope was modest. She said she just wanted him to hear that someone noticed.

“I would just like to know if he did something kind, people would at least say something. You know, ‘You’re a good kid,'” she said.

Putting a name to it

In a September 10, 2022 article, Click2Houston identified the young man as Tunstall.

A later write-up from FaithPot, published April 2, 2025, named him as Amir Dinero. FaithPot placed the Marathon station on Summer Avenue and reported that Jennings and Amir hugged and took the picture together, with a friend behind the camera. It also said Jennings asked Amir whether she could share the photo online and that he agreed.

FaithPot also quoted people who commented on the Facebook post. One wrote, “I love my city…and it’s folks like Amir that remind me of the good in the city. Thanks for sharing.”

Another kept it shorter: “Amir does Memphis proud! Thank you, sir!”