A description of a kind-hearted stranger helping pay for a woman's supermarket shopping has been praised by hundreds of people on social media.

The Facebook post about the incident at a branch of in ASDA in Thanet has already raked up about 2,000 likes.

In a post describing the incident at a checkout, a woman writes: "Just saw the nicest thing in Asda, a lady at the till next to the one I was at had to ask the cashier to remove the last item as it came to more than she thought and didn't quite have enough.

"Then an older man dropped a £5 note behind her and said 'excuse me love I think you dropped some money.'

"She said it wasn't hers and he smiled and said 'well finders keepers as they say, it isn't mine so may as well be yours.'

"It covered the last bit of shopping that she was short by.

"He saw me looking and winked and went back to reading his paper in the queue – what a lovely man."

One comment underneath the post read: "This is such a heart-warming story, kind-hearted chap indeed. Well done sir."

Other comments include "this brought a smile to my face", "what a kind man" and "angels walk among us".

One of the most liked comments on the incident in the New Thanet Chat Facebook group adds: "It's things like this that gives me a little faith in humanity again."

It follows an incident earlier this year, also in Thanet, when a woman was left in shock after a stranger paid for her shopping in a random act of kindness at Aldi in Ramsgate.

Emma Morris had unloaded her trolley when the man offered to cover the cost without explanation.

She wrote on Facebook: "I didn’t know how to react due to shock but I am so grateful. You made my day."